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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?””

Acts 4:7

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Peter and John have healed a man lame from birth at the temple gate and are brought before the rulers and priests. The leaders question them closely.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

World English Bible (WEB)

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?”

King James Version (KJV)

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

American Standard Version (ASV)

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 (BBE)

Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, 'In what power, or in what name did you do this?'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y haciéndolos presentar en medio, les preguntaron: ¿Con qué potestad, ó en qué nombre, habéis hecho vosotros esto?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Cuando los dos discípulos comparecieron ante ellos, les preguntaron: ―¿Quién les ha dado potestad o autoridad para hacer esto?

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