Acts Chapter 4 verse 29 Holy Bible
And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,
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And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,
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And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,
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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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Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
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`And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to Thy servants with all freedom to speak Thy word,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - Look upon for behold, A.V.; to speak thy word with all boldness for that with all boldness they may speak thy word, A.V. Lord. This time Κύριε (Kyrie), the word in the LXX. for Jehovah, and the special designation of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:36, etc.), but here applied to God the Father. Look upon; a more forcible rendering than the A.V. Look upon, for the purpose of frustrating and punishing. The only other place in the New Testament where the word (ἑπείδειν) occurs is in Luke 1:25, where the Lord "looked upon" Elisabeth to confer a blessing upon her. In 2 Chronicles 24:22, "The Lord look upon it and require it," the LXX have the simple verb ἴδοι instead of ἐπίδοι. It is beautiful to notice how, in the heat of the unjust persecutions, the Church hands over her quarrel to her Lord, and is only careful that she be not stopped in her work by the threatenings of her enemies. To speak thy word with all boldness (for the word "boldness," see ver. 13, note).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) And now, Lord, behold their threatenings.--The context shows that the prayer of the Church is addressed to the Father. The Apostles, who had shown "boldness of speech" (Acts 4:13), pray, as conscious of their natural weakness, for a yet further bestowal of that gift, as being now more than ever needed, both for themselves and the whole community.
