While thou stretchest forth thy hand (εν τω την χειρα εκτεινειν σε). Luke's favourite idiom, "In the stretching out (articular pre…

By stretching forth thine hand, etc. The apostles not only desired boldness to speak, but they asked that God would continue to work mirac…

By stretching forth thine hand to heal.—There seems something like an intentional assonance in the Greek words which St. Luke uses—iâs…

The church’s response to the apostles’ release was a spontaneous outburst of praise, psalmody, and petition. It begins (v.24) by addressing God as …

Grant unto thy servants. Seeing that one miracle had stung the enemy so severely, why do these holy men desire to have new miracles perfor…

By stretching forth your hand to heal That is, by exerting his power in healing sicknesses, diseases, and lameness, as in…

Christ's followers do best in company, provided it is among themselves. It encourages God's servants, both in doing their work and in enduring suff…