Discovery BoxActs 4:21 
Context4:21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising 1 God for what had happened.
Acts 4:29-30
Context4:29 And now, Lord, pay attention to 2 their threats, and grant 3 to your servants 4 to speak your message 5 with great courage, 6 4:30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs 7 and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
1 tn Or “glorifying.”
2 tn Or “Lord, take notice of.”
3 sn Grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage. The request is not for a stop to persecution or revenge on the opponents, but for boldness (great courage) to carry out the mission of proclaiming the message of what God is doing through Jesus.
4 tn Grk “slaves.” See the note on the word “servants” in 2:18.
5 tn Grk “word.”
6 tn Or “with all boldness.”
7 tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context.
