Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth take a stand,and the rulers take council together,against the Lord, and against his Messiah.'

New Heart English Bible

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 by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of your servant, David, said,'Why do the nations rage,and the peoples plot a vain thing?

27"For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take a stand,and the rulers take counsel together,against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying,

Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to put an end to the transgression, and to make an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place.

Luke 4:18"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives,recovering of sight to the blind,to deliver those who are crushed,

Hebrews 1:9You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows."

Revelation 12:10I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

Revelation 17:17For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.

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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