Acts 4:21

4:21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising ¹  God for what had happened.

Acts 4:29-30

4:29 And now, Lord, pay attention to ²  their threats, and grant ³  to your servants ⁴  to speak your message ⁵  with great courage, ⁶  4:30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs ⁷  and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

[4:21]  ¹ tn Or “glorifying.”

[4:29]  ² tn Or “Lord, take notice of.”

[4:29]  ³ 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.

[4:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “slaves.” See the note on the word “servants” in 2:18.

[4:29]  ⁵ tn Grk “word.”

[4:29]  ⁶ tn Or “with all boldness.”

[4:30]  ⁷ tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context.