Acts 4:7

Peter and John before the Sanhedrin

6along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.7They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

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Berean Standard Bible
They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
American Standard Version (1901)
And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?
Bible in Basic English
Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?
Douay-Rheims 1899
And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power, or by what name, have you done this?
Free Bible Version
They brought Peter and John before them and asked, “By what power or by whose authority have you done this?”
Geneva Bible 1599
And whe they had set them before them, they asked, By what power, or in what Name haue ye done this?
King James (Authorized) Version
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
Plain English Version
Those Jewish leaders got Peter and John to stand there in the middle of them, and they said, “This man couldn’t walk. He was crippled. What power did you use to make this man better? And who told you to do that?”
Translation for Translators
They commanded guards to bring Peter and John into the courtroom [MTY] and have them stand in front of them. Then one of the leaders questioned the two of them, saying, “Who do you two claim gave you the power to heal this man? And who authorized [MTY] you to do this [DOU]?”
Unlocked Literal Bible
When they had set Peter and John in their midst, they asked them, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
Noah Webster Bible
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name have ye done this?
World English Bible
When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
Young's Literal Translation
and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, 'In what power, or in what name did ye do this?'