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

26Kings 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. Through your will and power, they did everything that you had already decided should be done. 29“Lord, pay attention to their threats now, and allow us to speak your word boldly. 30Show your power by healing, performing miracles, and doing amazing things through the power and 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 2:23By using men who don’t acknowledge Moses’ Teachings, you crucified Jesus, who was given over ⌞to death⌟ by a plan that God had determined in advance.
• Acts 3:18But in this way God made the sufferings of his Messiah come true. God had predicted these sufferings through all the prophets.
• Acts 13:27The people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers didn’t know who Jesus was. They didn’t understand the prophets’ messages, which are read every day of rest—a holy day. So they condemned Jesus and fulfilled what the prophets had said.
• Genesis 50:20Even though you planned evil against me, God planned good to come out of it. This was to keep many people alive, as he is doing now.
• Psalms 76:10Even angry mortals will praise you. You will wear the remainder of ⌞their⌟ anger.
• Matthew 26:24The Son of Man is going to die as the Scriptures say he will. But how horrible it will be for that person who betrays the Son of Man. It would have been better for that person if he had never been born.”
• Luke 22:22The Son of Man is going to die the way it has been planned for him. But how horrible it will be for that person who betrays him.”
• Luke 24:44Then he said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you. I told you that everything written about me in Moses’ Teachings, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to come true.”
• 1 Peter 2:7This honor belongs to those who believe. But to those who don’t believe: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,
• Job 12:13God has wisdom and strength. Advice and insight are his.
• Proverbs 21:30No wisdom, no understanding, and no advice ⌞can stand up⌟ against the Lord.
• Isaiah 5:19They say, “Let God hurry and quickly do his work so that we may see what he has in mind. Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel happen quickly so that we may understand what he is doing.”
• Isaiah 28:29All of this has come from the Lord of Armies. His counsel is wonderful, and his wisdom is great.
• Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord or instructed him as his adviser?
• Isaiah 46:10From the beginning I revealed the end. From long ago I told you things that had not yet happened, saying, “My plan will stand, and I’ll do everything I intended to do.”
• Isaiah 53:10Yet, it was the Lord’s will to crush him with suffering. When the Lord has made his life a sacrifice for our wrongdoings, he will see his descendants for many days. The will of the Lord will succeed through him.

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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• 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