Acts 4:29 - Plain English Version29 And now, God, you heard the bad things they reckon they will do to us. We are your workers. Please help us to not be frightened, and help us to keep on telling everyone about Jesus. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176929 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition29 And now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your bond servants [full freedom] to declare Your message fearlessly, Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible29 Now, Lord, take note of their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with complete confidence. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version29 And now, O Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your servants that they may speak your word with all confidence, Ver Capítulo |
But God stood there beside me, and he made me strong, so that I could tell his message properly to everybody in that court. Those people there were not Jews, so maybe that was the first time they heard about God. In the end the judge didn’t sentence me to death, so they didn’t give me to the lions to eat.
But Barnabas, one of Jesus’s followers there, he listened to Saul and believed his story. So he took Saul to Jesus’s special workers, and he told them Saul’s story. He said, “On the way to Damascus, Saul saw our leader, Jesus, and Jesus talked to him. After that, Saul told the people in Damascus about Jesus. He wasn’t frightened of them.”
And you know that before we came to you, we told God’s message to the people in Philippi. Some of those Philippi people got really cheeky to us, and they beat us up. After that, we came to your town, and God made us brave, so we told God’s message to you too. We didn’t get frightened of the cheeky people that tried to stop us.
The leaders couldn’t think of any way to punish Peter and John. They knew that all the people were saying that God made that man better. That man was already more than 40 years old, so all the people were saying that God is really great and really good for making him better. So again those bosses told Peter and John, “Don’t talk about Jesus any more, or we’ll give you big trouble.” Then they let them go free.