Acts 4:9 (DRB)

Passage

If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole:

Nearby Context

Acts 4:7 And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power or by what name, have you done this?

Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them: Ye princes of the people and ancients, hear.

Acts 4:9 If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole:

Acts 4:10 Be it known to you all and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him, this man standeth here before you, whole.

Acts 4:11 This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "examined", "concerning", "good", "deed", "done", "infirm", "means", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "examined" and "concerning", 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 Ghost..." into verse 10's "Be it known to you all and...", so "examined" and "concerning" 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 "examined" and "concerning" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.