Acts 4:6 (WEB)

Passage

Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

Acts 4:5 In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

Acts 4:6 Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

Acts 4:7 When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”

Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "annas", "high", "priest", "caiaphas", "john", "alexander", and "relatives". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "annas" and "high", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "In the morning their rulers elders and..." into verse 7's "When they had stood Peter and John...", so "annas" and "high" 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 "annas" and "high" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.