Acts 4:24 (LSB)

Passage

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,

Nearby Context

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?

Acts 4:26 The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against His Christ.’

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heard", "lifted", "voices", "accord", "said", "master", "heaven", and "earth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heard" and "lifted", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "So when they were released they went..." into verse 25's "who by the Holy Spirit through the...", so "heard" and "lifted" 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 "heard" and "lifted" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.