Acts 4:24 (WEB)

Passage

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;

Nearby Context

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;

Acts 4:25 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

Acts 4:26 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’Psalm 2:1-2

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heard", "lifted", "voice", "accord", "said", "lord", "heaven", and "earth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heard" and "lifted", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "Being let go they came to their..." into verse 25's "who by the mouth of your servant...", so "heard" and "lifted" 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 "heard" and "lifted" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.