Acts 4:23–31

Prayer for Boldness

²³After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them. ²⁴When they heard this, they all raised their voices to God and said, “Master, You are the One who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them. ^g25You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David Your servant: ^h

Why did the Gentiles rage

and the peoples plot futile things?

²⁶The kings of the earth took their stand

and the rulers assembled together

against the Lord and against His Messiah. ^ij

²⁷“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people ^kof Israel, assembled together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, ^l28to do whatever Your hand and Your plan had predestined to take place. ²⁹And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that Your slaves may speak Your message with complete boldness, ^m30while You stretch out Your hand for healing, signs, and wonders ⁿto be performed through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.” ³¹When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak God’s message with boldness. ^o