Acts 4:27

For in truth there assembled in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel,

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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,

In Context

26The kings of the earth stood near, And the rulers assembled together, Against the Lord, and against his Christ.

28to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel before determined to be done.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:13And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I bring thee word; for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.

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 →

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