Acts 4:29
And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to thy servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28to do whatever thy hand and thy will before determined to be done.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, spare not, Lift up thy voice like a trumpet, And show my people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins!
Lamentations 3:50Until Jehovah look down and behold from heaven.
Ezekiel 2:6And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, and of their words be not afraid, though they be briers and thorns toward thee, and though thou dwell among scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
Micah 3:8But I am full of power, even of the spirit of Jehovah; Full of uprightness and courage, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.
Acts 4:17But that it spread no further among the people, let us strictly forbid them with threats to speak any longer in this name to any one.
Acts 4:31And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
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 →