Acts 4:29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word
When the disciples went forward they did not go quietly! They upset a lot of people along the way because they refused to be shoved under the carpet.
The local law wanted them shut down because they were breaking the mold by refusing to follow the old religious ways.
They asked for boldness so they could speak out in the face of adversity; they acknowledged the chain of leadership in the world but knew they had to work for God and not man!