Discovery BoxActs 4:29-30 
Context4:29 And now, Lord, pay attention to 1 their threats, and grant 2 to your servants 3 to speak your message 4 with great courage, 5 4:30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs 6 and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
1 tn Or “Lord, take notice of.”
2 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.
3 tn Grk “slaves.” See the note on the word “servants” in 2:18.
4 tn Grk “word.”
5 tn Or “with all boldness.”
6 tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context.
