Acts 2:32 (LSB)

Passage

This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:30 And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to set one of the fruit of his body on his throne,

Acts 2:31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither forsaken to Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

Acts 2:32 This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.

Acts 2:33 Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.

Acts 2:34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "raised", "again", and "witnesses". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "raised", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "he looked ahead and spoke of the..." into verse 33's "Therefore having been exalted to the right...", so "jesus" and "raised" 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 "jesus" and "raised" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.