Acts 4:22 (WEB)

Passage

For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:20 for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”

Acts 4:21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

Acts 4:22 For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

Acts 4:23 Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Acts 4:24 When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, “O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "miracle", "healing", "performed", "than", "forty", and "years". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "miracle" and "healing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "When they had further threatened them they..." into verse 23's "Being let go they came to their...", so "miracle" and "healing" 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 "miracle" and "healing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.