Acts 4:12 (YLT)

Passage

and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

Nearby Context

Acts 4:10 be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye did crucify, whom God did raise out of the dead, in him hath this one stood by before you whole.

Acts 4:11 `This is the stone that was set at nought by you--the builders, that became head of a corner;

Acts 4:12 and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

Acts 4:13 And beholding the openness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are men unlettered and plebeian, they were wondering--they were taking knowledge also of them that with Jesus they had been--

Acts 4:14 and seeing the man standing with them who hath been healed, they had nothing to say against <FI>it<Fi> ,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saved", "salvation", "other", "name", "under", "heaven", "hath", and "been". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saved" and "salvation", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "This is the stone that was set..." into verse 13's "And beholding the openness of Peter and...", so "saved" and "salvation" 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 "salvation" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.