Acts 4:29 (GNV)

Passage

And nowe, O Lord, beholde their threatnings, and graunt vnto thy seruants with all boldnesse to speake thy word,

Nearby Context

Acts 4:27 For doutlesse, against thine holy Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anoynted, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselues together,

Acts 4:28 To doe whatsoeuer thine hand, and thy counsell had determined before to be done.

Acts 4:29 And nowe, O Lord, beholde their threatnings, and graunt vnto thy seruants with all boldnesse to speake thy word,

Acts 4:30 So that thou stretch forth thine hand, that healing, and signes, and wonders may be done by the Name of thine holy Sonne Iesus.

Acts 4:31 And when as 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 boldely.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nowe", "lord", "beholde", "threatnings", "graunt", "vnto", "seruants", and "boldnesse". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nowe" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "To doe whatsoeuer thine hand and thy..." into verse 30's "So that thou stretch forth thine hand...", so "nowe" and "lord" 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 "nowe" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.