Acts 4:6 (LSB)

Passage

and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:4 But many of those who had heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

Acts 4:5 Now it happened that on the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Acts 4:6 and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.

Acts 4:7 And when they had placed them in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”

Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "annas", "high", "priest", "caiaphas", "john", "alexander", "high-priestly", and "descent". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "annas" and "high", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Now it happened that on the next..." into verse 7's "And when they had placed them in...", so "annas" and "high" 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 "annas" and "high" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.