Acts 4:23 (LSB)

Passage

So when they were released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:21 And when they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;

Acts 4:22 for the man was more than forty years old on whom this sign of healing had occurred.

Acts 4:23 So when they were released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Acts 4:24 And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, “O Master, it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

Acts 4:25 who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said, ‘Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples devise vain things?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "released", "went", "companions", "reported", "chief", "priests", "elders", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "released" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "for the man was more than forty..." into verse 24's "And when they heard this they lifted...", so "released" and "went" 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 "released" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.