Acts 4:23-31

23When Peter and John were released, they went to their own people and told them everything the chief priests and leaders had said.

24When they heard this, they were united and loudly prayed to God, “Master, you made the sky, the land, the sea, and everything in them.

25You said through the Holy Spirit, who spoke through your servant David (our ancestor), ‘Why do the nations act arrogantly? Why do their people devise useless plots?

26Kings take their stand. Rulers make plans together against the Lord and against his Messiah.’

27“In this city Herod and Pontius Pilate made plans together with non-Jewish people and the people of Israel. They made their plans against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.

28Through your will and power, they did everything that you had already decided should be done.

29“Lord, pay attention to their threats now, and allow us to speak your word boldly.

30Show your power by healing, performing miracles, and doing amazing things through the power and the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

31When they had finished praying, their meeting place shook. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God’s word boldly.