Acts 4:29
As to the present things, then, O Lord,—look upon their threats, and grant unto thy servants, with all freedom of utterance, to be speaking thy word,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
28To do whatsoever, thy hand and thy counsel, marked out beforehand to come to pass.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, do not spare, Like a horn, lift high thy voice,—And declare To my people, their transgression, and To the house of Jacob their sins.
Lamentations 3:50Until Yahweh out of the heavens shall look forth, and see,
Ezekiel 2:6But thou son of man Be not afraid of them Nor of their words, be afraid Though thorns and thistles are about thee, And amongst prickly plants, thou dost dwell, Of their words, be not afraid nor At their faces, be thou dismayed, For a perverse house, they are!
Micah 3:8But, in very deed, I, am full of vigour, with the spirit of Yahweh, and of justice and of valour,—to declare to Jacob, his transgression, and to Israel, his sin.
Acts 4:17Nevertheless, lest it further spread abroad among the people, let us charge them with threats, to be no more speaking upon this name, to any soul of man.
Acts 4:31And, when they had made supplication, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were filled, one and all, with the Holy Spirit, and began speaking the word of God with freedom of utterance.
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 →