Acts 4:25-28

The Believers Pray for Boldness

25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, 1 said by the Holy Spirit,
r "'Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and s the rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his t Anointed' 2 -

27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your u holy servant Jesus, v whom you anointed, both w Herod and x Pontius Pilate, along y with the Gentiles and z the peoples of Israel, 28 a to do whatever your hand and b your plan had predestined to take place.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 2:1 - 2
    Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 2:1 - 2
    Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  3. Cross References
    Acts 4:5
    On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.
  4. Cross References
    Acts 10:38
    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
    Luke 4:18
    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.
    Hebrews 1:9
    You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.
    Daniel 9:24
    Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
    Revelation 11:15
    Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.
  5. Cross References
    Acts 4:30
    While you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
  6. Cross References
    Acts 4:26
    The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed' -
  7. Cross References
    Luke 23:7 - 11
    And when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 27:2
    And they bound him and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate the governor.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 20:19
    And deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 26:3
    Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 46:10
    Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose.
  12. Cross References
    Acts 2:23
    This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
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