Acts 4:28

Acts 4:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
• New International Version (NIV)They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.
• English Standard Version (ESV)to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

Context of Acts 4:28

26The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers assemble together against the Lord and against his Messiah. 27“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, to do whatever your hand and your will had predestined to take place. 29And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness, 30while you stretch out your hand for healing, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

Acts 4:28 word by word

ποιῆσαι ὅσα ἡ χείρ σου καὶ ἡ βουλή σου προώρισεν γενέσθαι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For to doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• whatsoeverὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• handὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• handχείρcheir · handG5495
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• counselβουλήboulē · planG1012
• determined beforeπροορίζωproorizō · to predestineG4309
• to be doneγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096

Cross-references for Acts 4:28

• Acts 2:23Though he was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail him to a cross and kill him.
• Acts 3:18In this way God fulfilled what he had predicted through all the prophets — that his Messiah would suffer.
• Acts 13:27Since the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him or the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, they have fulfilled their words by condemning him.
• Genesis 50:20You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result — the survival of many people.
• Psalms 76:10Even human wrath will praise you; you will clothe yourself with the wrath that remains.
• Matthew 26:24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.”
• Luke 22:22For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”
• Luke 24:44He told them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you — that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
• 1 Peter 2:7So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected — this one has become the cornerstone,
• Job 12:13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are his.
• Proverbs 21:30No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel will prevail against the Lord.
• Isaiah 5:19to those who say, “Let him hurry up and do his work quickly so that we can see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take place so that we can know it!”
• Isaiah 28:29This also comes from the Lord of Armies. He gives wondrous advice; he gives great wisdom.
• Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or who gave him counsel?
• Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will.
• Isaiah 53:10Yet the Lord was pleased to crush him severely. When you make him a guilt offering, he will see his seed, he will prolong his days, and by his hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

Commentaries on Acts 4:28

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28For to do … - See the notes on Acts 2:23; Acts 3:18. The facts which are brought to view in these verses are among the most remarkable on record. They are briefly these: (1)That the Jewish rulers were opposed to the Messiah, and slew him. (2)that the very people to whom he came, and for whose benefit he labored, joined in the opposition, so that it became the act of a united people. (3)that the Romans, who were there as a sort of representation of all…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-31Verses 23-31 Christ's followers do best in company, provided it is their own company. It encourages God's servants, both in doing work, and suffering work, that they serve the God who made all things, and therefore has the disposal of all events; and the Scriptures must be fulfilled. Jesus was anointed to be a Saviour, therefore it was determined he should be a sacrifice, to make atonement for sin. But sin is not the less evil for God's bringing good out…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28God had been guiding events to fulfill his purpose. The Old Testament also shows God's guidance in his people's lives (see Ezra 7:6, 9, 28; 8:18, 31; Nehemiah 2:8, 18; Ecclesiastes 9:1; Ezekiel 8:1; Romans 8:28; 1 Peter 5:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-3723-30. being let go, they went to their own company--Observe the two opposite classes, representing the two interests which were about to come into deadly conflict.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 4:28

• Predestination

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• Counsel
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• Hold
• Notable
• Possess
• Predestination
• Providence
• Threaten
• Threatening
• Acts of the Apostles

Commentaries on Acts 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings