Kisah Para Rasul 4:29

4:29 And now, Lord, pay attention to ¹  their threats, and grant ²  to your servants ³  to speak your message ⁴  with great courage, ⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 11:23

11:23 When ⁶  he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true ⁷  to the Lord with devoted hearts, ⁸ 

[4:29]  ¹ tn Or “Lord, take notice of.”

[4:29]  ² sn Grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage. The request is not for a stop to persecution or revenge on the opponents, but for boldness (great courage) to carry out the mission of proclaiming the message of what God is doing through Jesus.

[4:29]  ³ tn Grk “slaves.” See the note on the word “servants” in 2:18.

[4:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “word.”

[4:29]  ⁵ tn Or “with all boldness.”

[11:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “Antioch, who when.” The relative pronoun was omitted and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.

[11:23]  ⁷ tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσμένω 1.a.β has “remain true to the Lord” for προσμένειν (prosmenein) in this verse.

[11:23]  sn He…encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord. The call to faithfulness is frequent in Acts (2:40; 14:22; 15:32; 16:39; 20:1-2).

[11:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of heart, i.e. devotion” here.