Acts 4:23-35

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Prayer for Boldness

²³ After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them. ²⁴ When they heard this, they all raised their voices to God and said, “Master, You are the One who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.^{(A) 25} You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David Your servant:^[a]

²⁷ “For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people^[c] of Israel, assembled together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,^{(C) 28} to do whatever Your hand and Your plan had predestined to take place. ²⁹ And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that Your slaves may speak Your message with complete boldness,^{(D) 30} while You stretch out Your hand for healing, signs, and wonders^(E) to be performed through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.” ³¹ When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak God’s message with boldness.^(F)

Believers Sharing

³² Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.^{(G) 33} And the apostles were giving testimony with great power to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.^{(H) 34} For there was not a needy person among them, because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,^{(I) 35} and laid them at the apostles’ feet. This was then distributed for each person’s basic needs.^[d](J)