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Acts 4:28

God's will and calling

26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

27 For 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,

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
KJV
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
WEB
to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to happen.
ASV
to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
DARBY
to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.
BLB
to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predetermined to happen.
ÅB
for å gjøre det som din hånd og ditt råd forut hadde besluttet skulle skje.
OTB
De utførte det som din makt og vilje hadde bestemt på forhånd skulle skje.
B1930
for å gjøre det som din hånd og ditt råd forut hadde besluttet skulde skje.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 2:23

    Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

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  • Isaiah 46:10

    Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

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  • Genesis 50:20

    But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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  • Matthew 26:24

    The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

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  • Isaiah 53:10

    Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

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  • Luke 24:44–46

    And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

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  • Acts 13:27–29

    For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

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  • Acts 3:18

    But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

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