Acts 4:7

And when they had set them in the midst,.... Of the assembly, as the Ethiopic version adds; in the middle of the sanhedrim, which sat in a semicircular form; or as the Jews express it, as the half of…

In the midst - In the presence of the Great Council. By what power ... - A similar question was put to Christ in the temple, Mat 21:23. By what name - That is, by whose authority. It is very probable…

By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? - It seems that this council were convinced that the lame man was miraculously healed; but it is very likely that they believed the whole to be the…

We have here the trial of Peter and John before the judges of the ecclesiastical court, for preaching a sermon concerning Jesus Christ, and working a miracle in his name. This is charged upon them as…

And when they had set them in the midst The council or Sanhedrin was assembled as the Beth-din, in the house of judgment.

they asked, By what power, or by what name, &c. For power, the original has…