'Permitted' in the Bible

“Brothers, I may confidently and freely say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

After Peter and John were released, they returned to their own [people] and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

In generations past He permitted all the nations to go their own ways;

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are [now] permitted to speak on your own behalf.” At that, Paul stretched out his hand [as an orator] and made his defense [as follows]:

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, Justice [the avenging goddess] has not permitted him to live.”

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself [in rented quarters] with the soldier who was guarding him.