Acts 4:29 - Exposition

Look upon for behold, A.V.; to speak thy word with all boldness for that with all boldness they may speak thy word, A.V. Lord . This time κύριε (Kyrie), the word in the LXX . for Jehovah, and the special designation of Jesus Christ ( Acts 2:36 , etc.), but here applied to God the Father. Look upon ; a more forcible rendering than the A.V. Look upon, for the purpose of frustrating and punishing. The only other place in the New Testament where the word ( ἑπείδειν ) occurs is in Luke 1:25 , where the Lord "looked upon" Elisabeth to confer a blessing upon her. In 2 Chronicles 24:22 , "The Lord look upon it and require it," the LXX have the simple verb ἴδοι instead of ἐπίδοι . It is beautiful to notice how, in the heat of the unjust persecutions, the Church hands over her quarrel to her Lord, and is only careful that she be not stopped in her work by the threatenings of her enemies. To speak thy word with all boldness (for the word "boldness," see 2 Chronicles 24:13 , note).