Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
What does Acts 4:12 mean?
Peter being filled with the Holy Ghost, would have all to understand, that the miracle had been wrought by the name, or power, of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, whom they had crucified; and this confirmed their testimony to his resurrection from the dead, which proved him to be the Messiah.
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside Acts 4:10-12 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation - The word "salvation" properly denotes any "preservation," or keeping anything in a "safe" state; a preserving from harm. It I signifies, also, deliverance from any evil of body or mind; from pain, sickness, danger, etc., Acts 7:25 . But it is in the New Testament applied particularly to the work which the Messiah came to do, "to seek and to save that which was lost," Luke 19:10 . This work refers primarily to a deliverance of the soul from sin Matthew 1:21 ; Acts 5:31 ; Luke 4:18 ; Romans 8:21 ; Galatians 5:1 .
Key words
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salvation. It I signifies, also, deliverance from any evil of body or mind; from pain, sickness, danger, etc.
- name
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name. e., There is no other being or person.
Context in Acts 4
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Acts 4 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as Jerusalem church. Acts traces the spread of the gospel from Jerusalem to Judea, Samaria, and the Gentile world through Peter, Paul, and the Spirit-led church. Read this chapter with the wider themes of Spirit, mission, and church in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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