Acts 4:7 (DBY)

Passage

and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?

Nearby Context

Acts 4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

Acts 4:6 and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;

Acts 4:7 and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?

Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],

Acts 4:9 if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "placed", "midst", "inquired", "power", "name", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "placed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "and Annas the high priest and Caiaphas..." into verse 8's "Then Peter filled with the Holy Spirit...", so "having" and "placed" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "having" and "placed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.