By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Parallel translations
- WEB while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”
- BSB as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
- NKJV by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
- NASB while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
- NLT Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
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Quick answer
They pray that God would stretch out his hand to heal and to do signs and wonders through the name of Jesus. They seek confirmation of the gospel through God's power.
Overview
The believers ask God himself to act, attributing all healing and miraculous signs to his power working through the name of Jesus. Their request keeps the focus on God's glory and the spread of his word. These signs served to authenticate the apostolic message in the church's foundational era. The prayer reflects confidence that the risen Christ continues his saving work through his people.
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Cross-references · 18
- Acts 4:27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
- Acts 3:6Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
- Acts 5:12And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
- Acts 9:40–42But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- Acts 3:16And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
- Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
- Acts 2:43And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
- Jer 15:15O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
- Luke 9:54–56And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
- Acts 5:15–16Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
- Acts 9:34–35And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
- Acts 6:8And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
- Jer 20:11–12But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
- Deut 4:34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Exod 6:6Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
- Luke 22:49–51When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
- Acts 4:10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
- John 4:48Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
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