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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From this verse, the Word reaches
In parallel withActs 2:4
Pentecost repeated for a praying church: all filled, all speaking the word of God with boldness.
“They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.”
The same threadEphesians 6:19-20
Paul asks prayer for the same filling: utterance and boldness to make known 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.”
That reaches back to this verse
In parallel with (this verse)Ephesians 5:18
What the command looks like when it happens: they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.
“Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,”