Acts 4:29
And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,
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In Context
28To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:1Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins.
Lamentations 3:50Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven.
Ezekiel 2:6And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
Micah 3:8But I truly am full of the spirit of the Lord, with power of judging and with strength to make clear to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin.
Acts 4:17But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.
Acts 4:31And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.
Matthew Henry on Acts 4:24-32
The Apostles Return to Their Company; The Devout Appeal of the Apostles. 23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth… Read the whole commentary →