Acts 4:2 (GNV)

Passage

Taking it grieuously that they taught the people, and preached in Iesus Name the resurrection from the dead.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:1 And as they spake vnto the people, the Priestes and the Captaine of the Temple, and the Sadduces came vpon them,

Acts 4:2 Taking it grieuously that they taught the people, and preached in Iesus Name the resurrection from the dead.

Acts 4:3 And they layde handes on them, and put them in holde, vntill the next day: for it was now euentide.

Acts 4:4 Howbeit, many of them which heard the word, beleeued, and the number of the men was about fiue thousand.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "taking", "grieuously", "taught", "people", "preached", "iesus", "name", and "resurrection". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "taking" and "grieuously", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And as they spake vnto the people..." into verse 3's "And they layde handes on them and...", so "taking" and "grieuously" 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 "taking" and "grieuously" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.