This verse is sometimes misinterpreted as a blanket endorsement for believers to defy civil or religious authorities in any good deed, ignoring the specific context of gospel proclamation under persecution; others wrongly apply it to justify unverified modern faith healing claims without apostolic discernment or alignment with Christ's resurrection power; or misconstrue it as Peter's personal merit rather than dependence on Jesus' name, diminishing the passage's emphasis on divine sovereignty.
Acts 4:9
King James Version (1769)
9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
Peter boldly addresses the Sanhedrin's interrogation by framing their inquiry as an opportunity to proclaim that the healing of the lame man occurred through faith in the name of Jesus Christ, whom they crucified but God raised from the dead, underscoring the apostles' fearless witness to Christ's power and authority as the sole source of salvation and miracles, even amid persecution.