Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.” When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
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In parallel withEphesians 6:19-20
The church's prayer and Paul's request are one: words and boldness to speak the mystery of the Good News.
“on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
The same threadActs 12:24
The prayed-for boldness compounds over decades: the word of God grew and multiplied.
“But the word of God grew and multiplied.”