Chapter 4
4 United Prayer Gets Results.....................................................
And being let go, THEY WENT TO THEIR
OWN COMPANY, and reported all that the
chief priests and elders had said unto them.
And when they heard that, they lifted up
their voice to God with one accord, and said,
Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is...
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings:
and grant unto thy servants, that with all
boldness they may speak thy word,
By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and
that signs and wonders may be done by the
name of thy holy child Jesus.
—Acts 4:23,24,29,30
It's good to be among friends when you're in trouble. It's
good to be with people who know how to pray. Peter and John
found this to be true.
One day, as Peter and John passed through the Gate
Beautiful on their way to the Temple, they saw a man who sat
there daily to beg alms. Peter told the man, "Look on us." The
beggar looked up, expecting to receive some coins.
Peter said, "... Silver and gold have I none; but such as I
have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up
and walk" (Acts 3:6).
Peter took the beggar by the hand and lifted him up. The
man began to walk and went into the Temple "... walking and
leaping, and praising God." Peter and John were arrested,
threatened, and commanded to preach and teach no more in the
Name of Jesus.
We read in Acts 4:23-30 what happened when they were