Acts 4:23 (YLT)

Passage

And being let go, they went unto their own friends, and declared whatever the chief priests and the elders said unto them,

Nearby Context

Acts 4:21 And they having further threatened <FI>them<Fi> , let them go, finding nothing how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which hath been done,

Acts 4:22 for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing.

Acts 4:23 And being let go, they went unto their own friends, and declared whatever the chief priests and the elders said unto them,

Acts 4:24 and they having heard, with one accord did lift up the voice unto God, and said, `Lord, thou <FI>art<Fi> God, who didst make the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that <FI>are<Fi> in them,

Acts 4:25 who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "went", "friends", "declared", "whatever", "chief", "priests", "elders", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "went" and "friends", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "for above forty years of age was..." into verse 24's "and they having heard with one accord...", so "went" and "friends" 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 "went" and "friends" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.