Acts 4:23–31

The Believers Pray

²³On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. ²⁴When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God.^y “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.^{z 25}You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:^a

“ ‘Why do the nations rage

and the peoples plot in vain?

²⁶The kings of the earth rise up

and the rulers band together

against the Lord

and against his anointed one.^b’^cb

²⁷Indeed Herod^c and Pontius Pilate^d met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,^e whom you anointed. ²⁸They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.^{f 29}Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.^{g 30}Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders^h through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”ⁱ

³¹After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken.^j And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit^k and spoke the word of God^l boldly.^m