Acts 4:23 (DRB)

Passage

And being let go, they came to their own company and related all that the chief priests and ancients had said to them.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:21 But they, threatening, sent them away, not finding how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified what had been done, in that which had come to pass.

Acts 4:22 For the man was above forty years old, in whom that miraculous cure had been wrought.

Acts 4:23 And being let go, they came to their own company and related all that the chief priests and ancients had said to them.

Acts 4:24 Who having heard it, with one accord lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art he that didst make heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are in them.

Acts 4:25 Who, by the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of our father David, thy servant, hast said: Why did the Gentiles rage: and the people meditate vain things?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "company", "related", "chief", "priests", "ancients", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "company", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "For the man was above forty years..." into verse 24's "Who having heard it with one accord...", so "came" and "company" 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 "came" and "company" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.