King James Version
Acts 4:29 in the King James Version says “And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,” — study this verse from Acts chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,”
Acts 4:29 · KJV
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
"now" (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate
“Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“their”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“grant unto”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“servants”
G1401a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)
“that with”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“boldness”
G3954all out-spokenness, i.e., frankness, bluntness, publicity; by implication, assurance
“word”
G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a
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