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A Hostile Question
Commentators explain the Sanhedrin's question wasn't a sincere inquiry but a hostile trap. They weren't investigating the miracle's divine origin but assuming the apostles were using magic or demonic power. Their goal was to intimidate and accuse, not to seek the truth, a common tactic used against believers.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 4:7
18th Century
Theologian
In the midst. In the presence of the great council.
By what power, etc. A similar question was put to Christ in the temple…
AT Robertson
On Acts 4:7
In the midst (εν τω μεσω). The Sanhedrin sat in a semicircle.
They inquired (επυνθανοντο). Imperfect middl…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 4:7
19th Century
Bishop
And when they had set them in the midst.—The Sanhedrin sat in a semicircle, the president being in the middle of the arc,…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 4:7
It was before such an assembly, which probably arranged itself in a semicircular fashion, that Peter and John were brought. The man who had been he…
John Gill
On Acts 4:7
17th Century
Pastor
And when they had set them in the midst
Of the assembly, as the Ethiopic version adds; in the middle of the sanhedri…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 4:5–14
17th Century
Minister
Peter, being filled with the Holy Ghost, wanted everyone to understand that the miracle had been performed by the name, or power, of Jesus of Nazar…