“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.' — the exclusivity is absolute: no other name (onoma, name, person, identity, authority) given by God (didōmi, given) works salvation (sōzō, save, rescue, heal, deliver). This is not intolerant but truth-claim: Jesus alone is the means of salvation; no other person, power, or ideology can save. The universality ('under heaven,' pan ouranos, all heaven) emphasizes the cosmic scope of this claim.
Church Fathers on Acts 4:12
This is the stone, he says, which was set at nought of you builders, which has become the head of the corner. Acts 4:11 He reminds them also of a saying which was enough to frighten them. For it had been said, Whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. Matthew 21:44— Neither is there salvation in any other, Acts 4:12 Peter says. What wounds, think you, must these words inflict on them! For there is none…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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