Acts 4:29 (DBY)

Passage

And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

Nearby Context

Acts 4:27 For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with [the] nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

Acts 4:28 to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.

Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

Acts 4:30 in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "look", "upon", "threatenings", "give", "bondmen", "boldness", and "speak". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "look", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "to do whatever thy hand and thy..." into verse 30's "in that thou stretchest out thy hand...", so "lord" and "look" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "look" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.