Text -- Acts 4:29 (NET)

4:29 And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 4:29

¹ tn Or “Lord, take notice of.”

² sn Grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage. The request is not for a stop to persecution or revenge on the opponents, but for boldness (great courage) to carry out the mission of proclaiming the message of what God is doing through Jesus.

³ tn Grk “slaves.” See the note on the word “servants” in 2:18.

⁴ tn Grk “word.”

⁵ tn Or “with all boldness.”