Acts 4:13 (LSB)

Passage

Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and comprehended that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were marveling, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:11 He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone.

Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:13 Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and comprehended that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were marveling, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.

Acts 4:14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

Acts 4:15 But when they had ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they began to confer with one another,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "observed", "confidence", "peter", "john", "comprehended", "uneducated", "ordinary", and "marveling". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "observed" and "confidence", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And there is salvation in no one..." into verse 14's "And seeing the man who had been...", so "observed" and "confidence" 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 "observed" and "confidence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.