Acts 4:29–31
Threatened, the disciples ask to speak with all boldness, and then speak God’s word boldly
Study it word by word29And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your slaves to speak your word with all boldness,
30while you stretch out your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may take place through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
31And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and all were filled with the Holy Spirit and were speaking the word of God with boldness.
In its context
27For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations and the peoples of Israel,
28to do whatever your hand and your plan had determined beforehand to take place.
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32And the multitude of those who had believed was of one heart and soul, and not even one said that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
33And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.
Its words in the original
- κύριεkyrie· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ἔπιδεepide· look upon
Look upon, look with favor on.
- ἀπειλὰςapeilas· threat
Threat, threatening.
- δὸςdos· give
Give.
- δούλοιςdoulois· slave
Slave: someone who belongs to a master and serves him.
- παρρησίαςparrēsias· boldness, openness
Frankness; speaking openly and with courage.
- λαλεῖνlalein· speak
Speak, talk.
- λόγονlogon· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- χεῖράcheira· hand
Hand.
- ἐκτείνεινekteinein· stretch out
Stretch out, extend (the hand).
- ἴασινiasin· healing
Healing, cure.
- σημεῖαsēmeia· sign
Sign, a wonder that points to something.
- τέραταterata· wonder
Wonder, portent.
- γίνεσθαιginesthai· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- ὀνόματοςonomatos· name
Name. In the Bible, a name stands for the person himself.
- ἁγίουhagiou· holy
Holy: set apart for God, pure, belonging to him.
- παιδόςpaidos· child, servant
Child, boy; also servant.
- ἸησοῦIēsou· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- δεηθέντωνdeēthentōn· ask, beg
Ask, plead, beg.
- ἐσαλεύθηesaleuthē· shake
Shake, stir; unsettle.
- τόποςtopos· place
Place.
- ἦσανēsan· be
Be, exist.
- συνηγμένοιsynēgmenoi· gather
Gather, bring together.
- ἐπλήσθησανeplēsthēsan· fill, fulfill
Fill, be filled; of time, be fulfilled, come to an end.
- ἅπαντεςhapantes· all
All, every one without exception.
- πνεύματοςpneumatos· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".