Acts 4:14 (KJV)

Passage

And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

Acts 4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Acts 4:16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "healed", "beholding", "standing", "nothing", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "healed" and "beholding", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Now when they saw the boldness of..." into verse 15's "But when they had commanded them to...", so "healed" and "beholding" 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 "healed" and "beholding" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.