Acts 4:27–28
The believers pray: Herod and Pilate did what God's hand had determined
Study it word by word27For 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,
28to do whatever your hand and your plan had determined beforehand to take place.
In its context
25who through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David, your servant, said, ‘Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot vain things?
26The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Anointed.’
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29And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your slaves to speak your word with all boldness,
30while you stretch out your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may take place through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
Its words in the original
- συνήχθησανsynēchthēsan· gather
Gather, bring together.
- ἀληθείαςalētheias· truth
Truth.
- πόλειpolei· city, town
City, town.
- ἅγιονhagion· holy
Holy: set apart for God, pure, belonging to him.
- παῖδάpaida· child, servant
Child, boy; also servant.
- ἸησοῦνIēsoun· Jesus
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).
- ἔχρισαςechrisas· anoint
Anoint: consecrate with oil for a task.
- ἩρῴδηςHērōidēs· Herod
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.
- ΠόντιοςPontios· Pontius
Pontius: Pilate's family name.
- ΠιλᾶτοςPilatos· Pilate
Pilate: Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea.
- σὺνsyn· with
With, together with.
- ἔθνεσινethnesin· nation
Nation, people; in the plural, often the peoples who are not Israel.
- λαοῖςlaois· people
People. Often the people of Israel.
- ἸσραήλIsraēl· Israel
Israel: the name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.
- ποιῆσαιpoiēsai· do, make
Do, make, produce.
- χείρcheir· hand
Hand.
- βουλὴboulē· plan, purpose
Plan, purpose, counsel; also a decision.
- προώρισενproōrisen· predestine
Determine beforehand, mark out in advance.
- γενέσθαιgenesthai· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.