Acts 4:5 (GNV)

Passage

And it came to passe on the morow, that their rulers, and Elders, and Scribes, were gathered together at Hierusalem,

Nearby Context

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.

Acts 4:5 And it came to passe on the morow, that their rulers, and Elders, and Scribes, were gathered together at Hierusalem,

Acts 4:6 And Annas the chiefe Priest, and Caiaphas, and Iohn, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the hie Priestes.

Acts 4:7 And whe they had set them before them, they asked, By what power, or in what Name haue ye done this?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "passe", "morow", "rulers", "elders", "scribes", "gathered", and "together". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "passe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Howbeit many of them which heard the..." into verse 6's "And Annas the chiefe Priest and Caiaphas...", so "came" and "passe" 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 "came" and "passe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.