Acts 4:28
They did whatever you had already decided because you had the power and the will to do it.
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In The King James Version
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 50:20While you planned bad things for me, God planned it for good so that in the end many lives could be saved.
Psalms 76:10Even human anger against you makes you look glorious, for you wear it alike a crown.
Isaiah 5:19You are among the people who say, “God should hurry up! Why doesn't God get a move on with what he's doing so we can see it? Why doesn't the Holy One of Israel execute his plan? Let's see it happen so we can understand what it is!”
Isaiah 40:13Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or taught him what to do as his counselor?
Isaiah 53:10However, it was the Lord's will for him to be crushed and to suffer, for when he gives his life as a guilt offering he will see his descendants, he will have a long life, and what the Lord wants will be achieved through him.
Matthew 26:54But then how could the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must be like this?”
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 →