Acts 4:23-31 (Epistle)
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- And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
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- So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
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- who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: ‘Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things?
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- The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the LORD and against His Christ.’
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- For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
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- to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
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- Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
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- by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
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- And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.