Acts 4:26

Acts 4:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
• New International Version (NIV)The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'—
• New King James Version (NKJV)The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against His Christ.’

Context of Acts 4:26

24When they heard this, they were united and loudly prayed to God, “Master, you made the sky, the land, the sea, and everything in them. 25You said through the Holy Spirit, who spoke through your servant David (our ancestor), ‘Why do the nations act arrogantly? Why do their people devise useless plots? Kings take their stand. Rulers make plans together against the Lord and against his Messiah.’ 27“In this city Herod and Pontius Pilate made plans together with non-Jewish people and the people of Israel. They made their plans against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. 28Through your will and power, they did everything that you had already decided should be done.

Acts 4:26 word by word

παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατὰ τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The kingsβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• of the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• stood upπαρίστημιparistēmi paristanō · to stand byG3936
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the rulersἄρχωνarchōn · rulerG758
• were gatheredσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
• togetherἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• againstκατάkata · according toG2596
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for Acts 4:26

• Psalms 83:2Look, your enemies are in an uproar. Those who hate you hold their heads high.
• Joel 3:9Announce this among the nations: Prepare yourselves for war. Wake up the warriors. Have all the warriors come near and attack.
• Revelation 17:12“The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet started to rule. They will receive authority to rule as kings with the beast for one hour.
• Revelation 19:16On his clothes and his thigh he has a name written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
• Revelation 11:15When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule as king forever and ever.”
• Revelation 12:10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, power, kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah have come. The one accusing our brothers and sisters, the one accusing them day and night in the presence of our God, has been thrown out.

Commentaries on Acts 4:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Against the Lord and against his Christ - should be translated, against his Anointed, because it particularly agrees with ̔ , whom thou hast Anointed, in the succeeding verse.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The kings of the earth - The Psalmist specifies more particularly that kings and rulers would be opposed to the Messiah. This had occurred already by the opposition made to the Messiah by the rulers of the Jewish people, and it would be still more evinced by the opposition of princes and kings as the gospel spread among the nations. Stood up - The word used here ́ paristēmicommonly means “to present oneself, or to stand forth, for the purpose of aiding…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. 26The Hebrew term Messiah (which means "anointed one") originally referred to Israel’s anointed king. Later, it referred to the Messiah, God's chosen future king of Israel who would establish God's kingdom forever (2 Samuel 7:14–16; Psalm 89:36–37; Isaiah 9:6–7; 11:1–9; 61:1; Jeremiah 23:5–6; 33:14–16; Luke 1:32–33).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

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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