Acts 4:33 (LSB)

Passage

And with great power the apostles were bearing witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed earnestly, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with confidence.

Acts 4:32 And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and not one was saying that any of his possessions was his own, but, for them, everything was common.

Acts 4:33 And with great power the apostles were bearing witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

Acts 4:34 For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales

Acts 4:35 and lay them at the apostles’ feet, and they would be distributed to each as any had need.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "great", "power", "apostles", "bearing", "witness", "resurrection", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "great", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "And the congregation of those who believed..." into verse 34's "For there was not a needy person...", so "grace" and "great" 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 "grace" and "great" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.