Acts 4:23-31 - The Believers Pray For Continued Bold Witness
23 But they being dismissed, came unto their own friends, and told them all things which the high-priests and elders had said. 24 Now when they heard it, they lifted up their united voice to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God which made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things which are in them: 25 who by the mouth of David thy servant saidst, Why do the heathen so furiously rage, and the people meditate vain things? 26 The kings of the earth rose up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Messiah.
27 For they have been in truth collected together against thy holy Son Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, even Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen, and the people of Israel, 28 to do all that thy hand and thy counsel predestined should come to pass. 29 And as to the present transactions, Lord, look upon their threatnings: and grant thy servants power with all boldness to speak thy word, 30 by stretching out thy hand for healing; and that signs and miracles may be performed by the name of thy holy child Jesus. 31 And while they were praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.