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Acts 4:29-30 KJV
Acts · chapter 4 · verses 29–30
29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.Acts 4:29-30 · King James Version
Acts 4:29-30 in context
27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
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Key words (Strong's)
- threateningsapeilēa threatening, threatG547 →
- servantsdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- boldnessparrēsiafreedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech, openly, frankly, i.e without concealment…G3954 →
- wondersterasa prodigy, portent, miracle performed by any oneG5059 →
- beholdepeidonto look upon, to regardG1896 →
- beholdepiupon, on, at, by, before, of position, on, at, by, over, against, to, over, on, at…G1909 →
- speaklaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- forthekteinōto stretch out, stretch forth, over, towards, against oneG1614 →
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We hear no more at present of the chief priests, what they did when they had dismissed Peter and John, but are to attend those two witnesses. And here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-31