King James Version
Acts 4:7 in the King James Version says “And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?” — study this verse from Acts chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?”
Acts 4:7 · KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“when they had set”
G2476to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“they asked”
G4441to question, i.e., ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from g2065, which properly means a request as a favor;
“what”
G4169individualizing interrogative (of character) what sort of, or (of number) which one
“power”
G1411force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself)
“what”
G4169individualizing interrogative (of character) what sort of, or (of number) which one
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