Acts 4:29
27 In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
28 They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
30 as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
31 After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
- KJV
- And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
- WEB
- Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
- ASV
- And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,
- DARBY
- And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,
- BLB
- And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to Your servants to speak Your word with all boldness,
- ÅB
- Og nå, Herre! hold øye med deres trusler, og gi dine tjenere å tale ditt ord med all frimodighet,
- OTB
- Og nå, Herre, se til deres trusler og gi dine tjenere evnen til å tale ditt ord med stor frimodighet,
- B1930
- Og nu, Herre! hold øie med deres trusler, og gi dine tjenere å tale ditt ord med all frimodighet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 4:13
When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:14
And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
Read in contextActs 14:3
So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
Read in contextActs 28:31
Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
Read in contextActs 4:31
After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
Read in contextEphesians 6:18–20
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Read in contextActs 9:27
Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
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