4:24–30 NEB Sovereign Lord, maker of heaven and earth and sea and of everything in them, … mark their threats, and enable thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness. Stretch out thy hand to heal and cause signs and wonders to be done through the name of thy holy servant Jesus. Although it is unavoidable, as well as correct, to emphasize the role of the sermons and speeches in this earliest example of Christian historiography, with their parallels