Acts 1:15 (GNV)

Passage

And in those dayes Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples, and sayde (nowe the nomber of names that were in one place were about an hundreth and twentie.)

Nearby Context

Acts 1:13 And when they were come in, they went vp into an vpper chamber, where abode both Peter and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartlemew, and Matthewe, Iames the sonne of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Iudas Iames brother.

Acts 1:14 These all continued with one accorde in prayer and supplication with the women, and Marie the mother of Iesus, and with his brethren.

Acts 1:15 And in those dayes Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples, and sayde (nowe the nomber of names that were in one place were about an hundreth and twentie.)

Acts 1:16 Yee men and brethren, this scripture must needes haue beene fulfilled, which the holy Ghost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas, which was guide to them that tooke Iesus.

Acts 1:17 For hee was nombred with vs, and had obteined fellowship in this ministration.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dayes", "peter", "stoode", "middes", "disciples", "sayde", "nowe", and "nomber". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dayes" and "peter", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "These all continued with one accorde in..." into verse 16's "Yee men and brethren this scripture must...", so "dayes" and "peter" 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 "dayes" and "peter" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.