Acts 4:28
To do what thy hand and thy counsel decreed to be done.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 50:20You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.
Psalms 76:10When God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.
Isaiah 5:19That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.
Isaiah 40:13Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?
Isaiah 53:10And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a long-lived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand.
Matthew 26:54How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?
Matthew Henry on Acts 4:24-32
The Apostles Return to Their Company; The Devout Appeal of the Apostles. 23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth… Read the whole commentary →