Acts 4:24 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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?

Acts 4:26 The kings of the earth stood up: and the princes assembled together against the Lord and his Christ.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "having", "heard", "accord", "lifted", "voice", "said", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "having", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And being let go they came to..." into verse 25's "Who by the Holy Ghost by the...", so "all things" and "having" 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 "all things" and "having" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.