Acts 4:7

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

This shows that the Sanhedrin had not been able to formulate any charge against the apostles; therefore the question was to induce them to talk in the hope that they could turn some of their words into an indictment. However, both the worldly antagonist and the holy apostles knew perfectly well why they were there; and Peter at once launched into his message.

Have ye done this ... Bruce tells us that in the Greek, "There is a scornful emphasis in the position of the pronoun (for "ye") at the end of Acts 4:7, meaning "people like you."[16]