Acts 2:40 (WEB)

Passage

With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”

Nearby Context

Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Acts 2:40 With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”

Acts 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

Acts 2:42 They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "other", "words", "testified", "exhorted", "saying", "save", "yourselves", and "crooked". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "other" and "words", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "For the promise is to you and..." into verse 41's "Then those who gladly received his word...", so "other" and "words" 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 "other" and "words" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.