Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the LORD and against His Christ;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

In Context

25who, through the mouth of Your servant David, said, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

27for gathered together of a truth against Your holy child Jesus, whom You anointed, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2Kings of the earth station themselves, and princes have been united together, against YHWH, and against His Messiah:

Daniel 9:24Seventy periods of seven are determined for your people and for your holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in continuous righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.

Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the LORD [is] on Me, || Because He anointed Me || To proclaim good news to the poor, || Sent Me to heal the broken of heart, || To proclaim to captives deliverance, || And to blind receiving of sight, || To send the bruised away with deliverance,

Hebrews 1:9You loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness; Because of this He anointed You—God, Your God—With oil of gladness above Your partners”;

Revelation 12:10And I heard a great voice saying in Heaven, “Now came the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because the accuser of our brothers was cast down, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

Revelation 17:17for God gave into their hearts to do His purpose, and to make one purpose, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the sayings of God may be fulfilled,

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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