Acts 4:14 (WEB)

Passage

Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:12 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 4:14 Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

Acts 4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Acts 4:16 saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "healed", "seeing", "standing", "nothing", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "healed" and "seeing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Now when they saw the boldness of..." into verse 15's "But when they had commanded them to...", so "healed" and "seeing" 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 "healed" and "seeing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.