Acts 4:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

Acts 4:29

29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,