“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a shofar. Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Acts 4:29 - Tree of Life Version And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant Your servants to speak Your word with utmost courage— Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your bond servants [full freedom] to declare Your message fearlessly, American Standard Version (1901) And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, Common English Bible Now, Lord, take note of their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with complete confidence. Catholic Public Domain Version And now, O Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your servants that they may speak your word with all confidence, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now, Lord, behold their threatenings, and grant unto thy servants, that with all confidence they may speak thy word, |
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a shofar. Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Look down from heaven and see from Your holy, glorious, lofty abode. Where are Your zeal and mighty deeds? Are the yearnings of Your heart, Your compassions, withheld from me?
“But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them. Do not fear their words, though thistles and thorns are beside you and you sit among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or be dismayed by their looks—for they are a rebellious house.
Give ear, my God, and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolation and the city called by Your name. We do not present our supplications before You because of our own righteousness, but because of Your great compassions.
Nevertheless I myself am filled with power— with the Ruach Adonai— with judgment, and with might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unfit for eternal life—behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
So they stayed there a considerable time, speaking boldly in the Lord—who was testifying to the message of His grace, granting signs and wonders to come about by their hands.
Paul went into the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, debating and persuading them about the kingdom of God.
For the king knows about these things, and I speak freely to him, since I am convinced that none of these things escape his notice—for this was not done in a corner.
proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Yeshua the Messiah with all boldness and without hindrance.
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and figured out they were laymen without training, they were amazed. They began to realize that these men had been with Yeshua.
After threatening them again, they let them go—finding no way they could punish them on account of the people, because they all were glorifying God for what had happened.
When they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken. And they were all filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh and began to speak the word of God with boldness.
But Barnabas took him in and brought him to the emissaries. He described to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and the Lord had spoken to him, and how he had spoken boldly in the name of Yeshua.
So Saul was with them, going in and out in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
Because of my imprisonment, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord to dare more than ever to speak the message fearlessly.
On the contrary, after we had first suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to tell you the Good News of God—even in the midst of much opposition.
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be proclaimed in full measure, and all the nations might hear—and I was rescued from the lion’s mouth!