Acts 4:27 (ASV)

Passage

for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

Nearby Context

Acts 4:25 who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?

Acts 4:26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:

Acts 4:27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

Acts 4:28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.

Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "truth", "city", "against", "holy", "servant", "jesus", "thou", and "didst". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "truth" and "city", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "The kings of the earth set themselves..." into verse 28's "to do whatsoever thy hand and thy...", so "truth" and "city" 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 "truth" and "city" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.