Acts 4:29

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 

Isa 37:17-20; Isa 58:1; Isa 63:15; La 3:50; La 5:1; Eze 2:6; Da 9:18; Mic 3:8; Ac 4:13,31; Ac 4:17,18,21; Ac 9:27; Ac 13:46; Ac 14:3; Ac 19:8; Ac 20:26,27; Ac 26:26; Ac 28:31; Eph 6:18-20; Php 1:14; 1Th 2:2; 2Ti 1:7,8; 2Ti 4:17

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.”