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OET (OET-LV) And having_stood them in the midst, they_were_inquiring:
In what power or in what name you_all did this?
OET (OET-RV) After having Peter and Yohan brought in and standing them in the middle, they began to ask, “Under what authority did you do this?”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
στήσαντες αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ μέσῳ, ἐπυνθάνοντο
/having/_stood them in the midst ˱they˲_/were/_inquiring
The pronoun them refers to Peter and John, and the pronouns their and they refer to the council members. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “when the council members had set Peter and John in their midst, the members asked them”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
ἐν ποίᾳ δυνάμει ἢ ἐν ποίῳ ὀνόματι ἐποιήσατε τοῦτο ὑμεῖς?
in in what power or in what name did this you_all
The words power and name (meaning authority; see next note) mean similar things. The council members may be using them together to ask a comprehensive or emphatic question. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine these terms in your translation. Alternate translation: “By whatever means were you able to do this?”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἐν ποίῳ ὀνόματι
in in in what name
Here, name refers to authority. Alternate translation: “by what authority”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / youdual
ὑμεῖς
you_all
Since the council members are speaking to two men, you would be dual if your language uses that form. (All other pronouns in this account that refer to Peter and John would also be dual, such as them in its two instances in this verse.)
4:1-22 Persecution was a common experience of God’s people throughout the Bible. God’s servants often faced hostility and opposition (Deut 30:7; 1 Kgs 18:13; Neh 4:1-3; Jer 37–38; Matt 23:34-37; Luke 11:49-51; 1 Thes 2:14-15). Jesus himself was persecuted (Luke 4:29; John 5:16), and he told his disciples to expect the same kind of treatment (Matt 10:23; 24:9; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; John 16:2), but he promised that the Holy Spirit would provide strength (Acts 1:8; Luke 12:11-12; 21:15). Acts records frequent times of persecution (Acts 4:3; 5:17-41; 7:54–8:3; 9:1-2; 11:19; 12:2; 13:50; 14:19; 16:19-24), but Acts also reiterates that the Holy Spirit empowers disciples to bear witness in such circumstances (2:44; 4:8-13; 6:10; 7:55). The boldness of Peter and John before the hostile high council exemplifies facing persecution with courage and power (4:20).
OET (OET-LV) And having_stood them in the midst, they_were_inquiring:
In what power or in what name you_all did this?
OET (OET-RV) After having Peter and Yohan brought in and standing them in the middle, they began to ask, “Under what authority did you do this?”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.