On their release, Peter
and John went back to their own people and reported all that the
chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard this,
they raised their voices together in prayer to God.
"Sovereign Lord," they said, "you made
the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. You
spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our
father David:
'Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot
in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers
gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One.' (Psalms
2:1,2)
Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the
Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against
your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. They did what your power
and will had decided beforehand should happen.
Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your
servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your
hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the
name of your holy servant Jesus."
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting
was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke
the word of God boldly.