Acts 2:40 (YLT)

Passage

Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, `Be saved from this perverse generation;'

Nearby Context

Acts 2:38 and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Acts 2:39 for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'

Acts 2:40 Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, `Be saved from this perverse generation;'

Acts 2:41 then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

Acts 2:42 and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saved", "other", "words", "testifying", "exhorting", "saying", "perverse", and "generation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saved" and "other", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "for to you is the promise and..." into verse 41's "then those indeed who did gladly receive...", so "saved" and "other" 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 "saved" and "other" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.