Acts 4:2 (DRB)

Passage

Being grieved that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead:

Nearby Context

Acts 4:1 And as they were speaking to the people the priests and the officer of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Acts 4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead:

Acts 4:3 And they laid hands upon them and put them in hold till the next day: for it was now evening.

Acts 4:4 But many of them who had heard the word believed: and the number of the men was made five thousand.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grieved", "taught", "people", "preached", "jesus", "resurrection", and "dead". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grieved" and "taught", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And as they were speaking to the..." into verse 3's "And they laid hands upon them and...", so "grieved" and "taught" 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 "grieved" and "taught" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.