![]() ![]() ![]() The phrase “in Jesus’ name” is associated with the authority of Jesus imparted to a person where that person performs an action as if it were Jesus actually doing it. ![]() For example, a person might heal someone “in Jesus’ name,” or cast out a demon “in Jesus’ name,” or pronounce forgiveness of sins “in Jesus’ name,” etc. The action is accomplished by someone, but the power and the right to accomplish it is not one’s own. In Acts 4:7, 10 we see that the elders, the scribes, and Annas the high priest were asking Peter by what authority he healed a sick man.Īcts 4:7, 10, “And when they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?…10 let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead-by this name this man stands here before you in good health.” Instead, it is that which belongs to Christ and is associated with the individual who performs the action. Notice that the Jews wanted to know what power, or in what name, certain things were done. ![]()
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