Acts 2:14 (LSB)

Passage

But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:12 And they all continued in astonishment and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

Acts 2:13 But others, mocking, were saying, “They are full of new wine.”

Acts 2:14 But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.

Acts 2:15 For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day;

Acts 2:16 but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "peter", "taking", "stand", "eleven", "raised", "voice", "declared", and "judea". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "peter" and "taking", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "But others mocking were saying They are..." into verse 15's "For these men are not drunk as...", so "peter" and "taking" 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 "peter" and "taking" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.