Acts 4:29
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
Acts 25:13
Context25:13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa 6 and Bernice arrived at Caesarea 7 to pay their respects 8 to Festus. 9
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 sn King Agrippa was Herod Agrippa II (
7 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.
map For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
8 tn BDAG 144 s.v. ἀσπάζομαι 1.b states, “Of official visits pay one’s respects to…Ac 25:13.”