Acts 4:9 (WEB)

Passage

if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

Nearby Context

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,

Acts 4:9 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

Acts 4:10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.

Acts 4:11 He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’Psalm 118:22

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "healed", "examined", "today", "concerning", "good", "deed", "done", and "crippled". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "healed" and "examined", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Then Peter filled with the Holy Spirit..." into verse 10's "be it known to you all and...", so "healed" and "examined" 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 "examined" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.