Acts 4:7 (LSB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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,

Acts 4:9 if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man, as to how this man has been saved from his sickness,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "placed", "midst", "began", "inquire", "power", "name", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "placed" and "midst", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "and Annas the high priest was there..." into verse 8's "Then Peter filled with the Holy Spirit...", so "placed" and "midst" 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 "placed" and "midst" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.