“And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:”
When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. 'Sovereign Lord, you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. — the community's response is corporate prayer (proseuchē, prayer, intercession). The address 'Sovereign Lord' (despotēs, despotes, master, sovereign, lord) calls on God's absolute authority. The creation affirmation (heaven, earth, sea, and all things) grounds God's power; the one who made all things surely can overcome political opposition. The prayer recounts creation (echoing Genesis 1 and Psalm 146) to anchor faith in God's ultimate power.
Church Fathers on Acts 4:24
with one accord they lifted up their voice to God, and said: Acts 4:24 and with great earnestness, for it is no prayer made at random. Observe with what exquisite propriety their prayers are framed: thus, when they besought to be shown who was meet for the Apostleship, they said, You, Lord, which know the heart of all men, show: Acts 1:24 for it was a subject for Prescience there: but here, where the thing needed was that the mouths of their adversaries should be stopped,…
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