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English Standard Version

For you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

Malachi 4:2

The man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

Acts 4:22

Malachi 4 (English Standard Version)

1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

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Acts 4 (English Standard Version)

19 But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,
20 for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”
21 And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, for all were praising God for what had happened.
22 For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
23 When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
24 And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,
25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit,
“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?

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For those who have reverence for me, the sun of God's salvation will rise with healing in its wings, and you will be set free, leaping like calves released from their stalls.

Malachi 4:2

The man who received this miracle of healing was more than forty years old.

Acts 4:22

Malachi 4 (Free Bible Version)

1 Watch out! The day is coming—it burns like an oven—when the proud and the wicked will be burned like straw. When that day comes they will be completely burned up, root and branch, says the Lord Almighty.
2 But for those who have reverence for me, the sun of God's salvation will rise with healing in its wings, and you will be set free, leaping like calves released from their stalls.
3 You will trample the wicked as ashes under your feet on the day when I take action, says the Lord Almighty.
4 Remember the law of Moses my servant that I commanded him and all Israel to follow—all the instructions and ceremonies I gave on Mount Sinai.
5 Look! I am going to send Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord arrives, the great and terrifying day.

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Acts 4 (Free Bible Version)

19 But Peter and John responded, “Whether it's right in God's eyes to obey you rather than God—you decide.
20 We can't help talking about what we've seen and heard!”
21 After making more threats they let them go. They couldn't work out how to punish them because everyone was glorifying God for what had happened.
22 For the man who received this miracle of healing was more than forty years old.
23 After the disciples had been released, they went to the other believers and told them everything the chief priests and elders had said to them.
24 When they heard what had happened, they prayed to God together:
“Lord, you made heaven and earth and sea, and everything that is in them.
25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through David, our forefather and your servant, saying ‘Why did the people of the other nations become so angry? Why did they plot so foolishly against me?

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