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for we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard."
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So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing for which they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for that which had been done.
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For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing was shown.
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And being let go, they went to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
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And when they heard this, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, "Lord, Thou art God who hast made heaven and earth and the sea and all that is in them,
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who by the mouth of Thy servant David hast said, `Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
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The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ.'
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For truly against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, had gathered together
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to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel determined before to be done.
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And now, Lord, behold their threatenings, and grant unto Thy servants that with all boldness they may speak Thy Word,
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by stretching forth Thine hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of Thy holy child Jesus."