NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 26

Acts 4:26

World English Bible Updated

The kings of the earth take a stand,

and the rulers plot together,

against the Lord, and against his Christ.’

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Acts 4:26 in context

Acts 4:23–29

23

Being let go, they came to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

24

When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, you are God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;

25

who by the mouth of your servant David, said,

‘Why do the nations rage,

and the peoples plot a vain thing?

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The kings of the earth take a stand,

and the rulers plot together,

against the Lord, and against his Christ.’

27

“For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

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to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to happen.

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Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

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Source notes

Notes from World English Bible Updated

  1. Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean Anointed One.
  2. Psalms 2:1-2

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