THAT WITH ALL BOLDNESS THEY MAY SPEAK THY WORD
“And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, being grieved that they taught the people , and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead .” (Acts 4:1, 2). “And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word… ” (Acts 4:29). Sometime after Pentecost, two of the Apostles of Jesus, Peter and John, had gone together to Herod’s Temple for the hour of prayer at 3 p.m. As they were about to enter the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, there was a lame man lying just outside who asked them for a handout. This man had been lame from birth and was now about 40 years old. Someone carried him day by day to lay him at the temple gate to beg for whatever kindness he could get from people passing through. The people who frequented the Temple knew him because they had seen him there daily and been accosted by him for a long time. When this crip