Acts 4:11 (GNV)

Passage

This is the stone cast aside of you builders which is become the head of the corner.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:9 For as much as we this day are examined of the good deede done to the impotent man, to wit, by what meanes he is made whole,

Acts 4:10 Be it knowen vnto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye haue crucified, whome God raised againe from the dead, euen by him doth this man stand here before you, whole.

Acts 4:11 This is the stone cast aside of you builders which is become the head of the corner.

Acts 4:12 Neither is there saluation in any other: for among men there is giuen none other Name vnder heauen, whereby we must be saued.

Acts 4:13 Now when they sawe the boldnes of Peter and Iohn, and vnderstoode that they were vnlearned men and without knowledge, they marueiled, and knew them, that they had bin with Iesus:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stone", "cast", "aside", "builders", "become", "head", and "corner". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stone" and "cast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Be it knowen vnto you all and..." into verse 12's "Neither is there saluation in any other...", so "stone" and "cast" 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 "stone" and "cast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.