Acts 2:22 (WEB)

Passage

“Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,

Nearby Context

Acts 2:20 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

Acts 2:21 It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’Joel 2:28-32

Acts 2:22 “Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,

Acts 2:23 him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

Acts 2:24 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "israel", "hear", "words", "jesus", "nazareth", "approved", "mighty", and "works". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "israel" and "hear", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "It will be that whoever will call..." into verse 23's "him being delivered up by the determined...", so "israel" and "hear" 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 "israel" and "hear" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.