Acts 2:14 (WEB)

Passage

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:12 They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

Acts 2:13 Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”

Acts 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

Acts 2:15 For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day.

Acts 2:16 But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "peter", "standing", "eleven", "lifted", "voice", "spoke", "judea", and "dwell". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "peter" and "standing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Others mocking said They are filled with..." into verse 15's "For these aren t drunken as you...", so "peter" and "standing" 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 "peter" and "standing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.