New American Standard Bible 1995
Acts 4:27
27For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy 12servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both 3Herod and 4Pontius Pilate, along with 5the 6Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
Acts 4:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
- New International Version (NIV)Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
Context of Acts 4:27
25who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said, ‘Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples devise futile things? 26The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against His Christ.’ For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, 28to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur. 29And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence,
Read all of Acts 4Acts 4:27 word by word
συνήχθησαν γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ ἐπὶ τὸν ἅγιον παῖδά σου, Ἰησοῦν ὃν ἔχρισας, Ἡρῴδης τε καὶ Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος σὺν ἔθνεσιν καὶ λαοῖς ἸσραήλRead the interlinear
- For trulyἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- For trulyἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
- in thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
- there were gatheredσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
- Your holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
- servantπαῖςpais · childG3816
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- You anointedχρίωchriō · to anointG5548
- bothτεte · and/bothG5037
- HerodἩρώδηςHērōdēs · HerodG2264
- PontiusΠόντιοςPontios · PontiusG4194
- PilateΠιλᾶτοςPilatos · PilateG4091
- alongσύνsun · withG4862
- Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
- and the peoplesλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
- of Israelἡσσάομαιhēttaō · be lesserG2274
Cross-references for Acts 4:27
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;
- Luke 22:1Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.
- Luke 23:1Then the whole body of them got up and brought Him before Pilate.
- Acts 4:30while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
- Acts 2:27Because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, Nor allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
- Acts 3:14But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
- Job 14:4Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 25:4How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?
- Luke 1:35The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.
- Hebrews 7:26For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;
- Acts 10:38You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
- Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
- Psalms 45:7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your fellows.
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners;
- Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed,
Commentaries on Acts 4:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27There is a parenthesis in this verse that is not sufficiently noticed: it should be read in connection with Acts 4:28, thus: For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, (for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done), both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and people of Israel, were gathered together. It is evident that what God's hand and counsel determined before to be done was not that…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27For of a truth - Truly; in reality. Thy holy child Jesus - The word “child” is commonly applied to infants, or to sons and daughters in very early life. The word which is used here ͂ paisis different from what is commonly applied to the Lord Jesus ̔́ huiosThe latter expresses sonship without respect to age. The word which is here used also sometimes expresses sonship with out any regard to age, and the word “son” would have been a more happy translation…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. 23-31The believers heard the report that their leaders had been threatened and commanded never again to speak about Jesus (4:18). The Christian movement was clearly under attack from the religious authorities, so they united in prayer. They turned to God, sharing their troubles and asking for courage to speak the message. They also asked God to send signs and wonders to confirm that the message was true. God answered their request in a clear and powerful way.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
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