Study it in the app“For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations and the peoples of Israel,”
The believers pray: Herod and Pilate did what God's hand had determinedProvidence
Forγὰρtrulyἐπ’ ἀληθείαςinἐνthisταύτῃcityτῇ πόλειthere were gathered togetherσυνήχθησανagainstἐπὶyourσουholyτὸν ἅγιονservantπαῖδάJesus,Ἰησοῦνwhomὃνyou anointed,ἔχρισαςbothτεHerodἩρῴδηςandκαὶPontiusΠόντιοςPilate,Πιλᾶτοςwithσὺνthe nationsἔθνεσινandκαὶthe peoplesλαοῖςof Israel,Ἰσραήλ
truly
What is real, not a lie.
Where else “alētheias” appearscity, town
City, town.
Where else “polei” appearsgather
To bring people or things together into one place.
Where else “synēchthēsan” appearsholy
Holy, like God: pure and majestic; or what is his.
Where else “hagion” appearsGod's Servant
God's Servant, above all Jesus.
Where else “paida” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appearsanoint
Anoint: consecrate with oil for a task.
Where else “echrisas” appearsHerod
Herod, the name of several rulers of one family under Rome: Herod the Great, king of Judea when Jesus was born; his son Herod Antipas, who ruled Galilee; and his grandson Herod Agrippa I.
Where else “Hērōidēs” appearsPontius
Pontius: Pilate's family name.
Where else “Pontios” appearsPilate
Pilate: Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea.
Where else “Pilatos” appearswith
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appearsGentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnesin” appearspeople
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laois” appearsIsrael
Israel: the name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.
Where else “Israēl” appears26The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Anointed.’
27 · This verse (above)
28to do whatever your hand and your plan had determined beforehand to take place.
1. What it says
Peter and John are questioned by the council. What do they say, and what do the rulers notice about them? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Why do Peter and John answer that they cannot stop speaking about what they saw and heard? (vv. 19-20)
3. How I live it
The believers were of one heart, and no one lacked anything (vv. 32-35). Whom around you could you help today in a concrete way?
