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Being let go, they came to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
Verse 23. Being let go, they came to their own [3] company, relating with simplicity all that had happened.
When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, you are God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
Verse 24. With one accord. With one mind, as in the Greek, and with one voice, being inspired by the Holy Ghost, they fell to prayer. Witham.
who by the mouth of your servant David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers plot together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’
Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean Anointed One.
“For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
nu adds “in this city,”
to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to happen.
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.”
Verse 30. That thou stretch forth thy hand. [4] Lit. in this that thou stretch forth thy hand to cures, and so forth They pray to God, that he would continue to confirm their preaching by miracles. Witham.
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.
Verse 31. The place was shaken. Much in the same manner, as at the first coming of the Holy Ghost.—They were all filled with the Holy Ghost. Their hearts were inflamed and excited by a new motion of grace. Witham.