Acts 4:9 (DBY)

Passage

if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,

Nearby Context

Acts 4:7 and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?

Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],

Acts 4:9 if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,

Acts 4:10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by *him* this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].

Acts 4:11 *He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "healed", "upon", "answer", "good", "deed", "done", and "infirm". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "healed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Then Peter filled with the Holy Spirit..." into verse 10's "be it known to you all and...", so "called" and "healed" 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 "called" and "healed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.