[4:23] As soon as Peter and John were set free, they returned to their group and told them what the chief priests and the elders had said.
[4:24] When the believers heard it, they all joined together in prayer to God: “Master and Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them!
[4:25] By means of the Holy Spirit you spoke through our ancestor David, your servant, when he said, ‘Why were the Gentiles furious; why did people make their useless plots?
[4:26] The kings of the earth prepared themselves, and the rulers met together against the Lord and his Messiah.’
[4:27] For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah.
[4:28] They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.
[4:29] And now, Lord, take notice of the threats they have made, and allow us, your servants, to speak your message with all boldness.
[4:30] Reach out your hand to heal, and grant that wonders and miracles may be performed through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”
[4:31] When they finished praying, the place where they were meeting was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim God's message with boldness.