Acts 4:31

"while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”"

Key Reflection

This verse emphasizes the power of prayer and the authority of Jesus, indicating that healing and miraculous signs are achieved when believers extend their hands in faith to Jesus, trusting in his name for divine intervention and miracles. It highlights both the act of supplication and the efficacy of praying through Jesus, who is termed the "holy Servant," linking divine power with humble devotion.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 31. And when they had prayed. The event which followed was regarded by them as an evidence that God heard their prayer. The place was shaken. The word which is translated "was shaken," commonly denotes violent agitation, as the raging of the sea, the convulsion of an earthquake, or trees shaken by the wind, Mt 11:7; Ac 16:26; Heb 12:26. The language here is fitted to express the idea of an earthquake. Whether the motion was confined to the house where they were, is not said.

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