Acts 4:29
Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:1"Cry aloud, do not spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Lamentations 3:50until the Lord looks down and sees from heaven.
Ezekiel 2:6You, son of man, do not be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: do not be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
Micah 3:8But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord,and of judgment, and of might,to declare to Jacob his disobedience,and to Israel his sin.
Acts 4:17But so that this spreads no further among the people, let us threaten them, that from now on they do not speak to anyone in this name."
Acts 4:31When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. 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 →