New International Version
Acts 4:12
12Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
Context of Acts 4:12
10then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11Jesus is “ ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” 13When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. 14But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say.
Read all of Acts 4Acts 4:12 word by word
καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἄλλῳ οὐδενὶ ἡ σωτηρία· οὐδὲ γὰρ ὄνομά ἐστιν ἕτερον ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τὸ δεδομένον ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι ἡμᾶς.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Neitherκαίkai · andG2532
- Neitherοὐou · noG3756
- is thereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- salvationὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- salvationσωτηρίαsōtēria · salvationG4991
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- anyοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
- otherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
- forγάρgar · forG1063
- noneοὔτεoute · neitherG3777
- otherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
- nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
- underὑπόhupo · by/under: underG5259
- heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- wherebyὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- mustδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
- be savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
Cross-references for Acts 4:12
- Acts 10:42He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.
- Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
- Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- 1 Corinthians 3:11For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
- Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
- 1 John 5:11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- Revelation 7:9After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
- Revelation 20:15Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
- Acts 2:5Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
- Genesis 7:19They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.
- Job 41:11Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
- Psalms 45:17I will perpetuate your memory through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever.
Commentaries on Acts 4:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Neither is there salvation in any other - No kind of healing, whether for body or soul, can come through any but him who is called Jesus. The spirit of health resides in him; and from him alone its influences must be received. For there is none other name - Not only no other person, but no name except that divinely appointed one, Matthew 1:21, by which salvation from sin can be expected - none given under heaven - no other means ever devised by God…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Neither 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 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. These rulers must either be saved by that Jesus whom they had crucified, or they must perish for ever. The name of Jesus is given to men of every age and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22Throughout the Bible, God's people often experienced persecution. God's servants often encountered hostility and opposition (Deuteronomy 30:7; 1 Kings 18:13; Nehemiah 4:1–3; Jeremiah 37–38; Matthew 23:34–37; Luke 11:49–51; 1 Thessalonians 2:14–15). Jesus was also persecuted (Luke 4:29; John 5:16). He warned his disciples to expect similar treatment (Matthew 10:23; 24:9; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; John 16:2). However, he promised that the Holy Spirit would…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131-12. the captain--of the Levitical guard. of the temple--annoyed at the disturbance created around it. and the Sadducees--who "say that there is no resurrection" (Ac 23:8), irritated at the apostles "preaching through (rather, 'in') Jesus the resurrection from the dead"; for the resurrection of Christ, if a fact, effectually overthrew the Sadducean doctrine.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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