Acts 4:20-30

20 for ¹we cannot but speak of what ²we have seen and heard."

21 And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, ³because of the people, for all were praising God ⁴for what had happened.

22 For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

The Believers Pray for Boldness

23 When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

24 And when they heard it, they lifted their voices ⁵together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, ⁶who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,

25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant,^[a] said by the Holy Spirit, ⁷"'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?

26 The kings of the earth set themselves, and ⁸the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his ⁹Anointed'^[b]--

27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ¹⁰holy servant Jesus, ¹¹whom you anointed, both ¹²Herod and ¹³Pontius Pilate, along ¹⁴with the Gentiles and ¹⁵the peoples of Israel,

28 ¹⁶to do whatever your hand and ¹⁷your plan had predestined to take place.

29 And now, Lord, ¹⁸look upon their threats and grant to your servants^[c] to continue to speak your word with all ¹⁹boldness,

30 while ²⁰you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed ²¹through the name of your ²²holy servant Jesus."