Acts 4:22 (DBY)

Passage

for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:20 for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.

Acts 4:21 But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place;

Acts 4:22 for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

Acts 4:23 And having been let go, they came to their own [company], and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

Acts 4:24 And they, having heard [it], lifted up [their] voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, *thou* art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sign", "healing", "taken", "place", "above", "forty", and "years". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sign" and "healing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "But they having further threatened them let..." into verse 23's "And having been let go they came...", so "sign" and "healing" 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 "sign" and "healing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.