Whyלָמָּהare the nationsגוֹיִםin turmoil,רָגְשׁוּand the peoplesוּלְאֻמִּיםmeditateיֶהְגּוּa vain thing?רִיק
Quotation · Acts 4:25-26
Go to Acts 4:25-26The assembly quotes Psalm 2:1-2 and applies it to Herod, Pilate, the nations and the peoples of Israel (4:27). The psalm has no title in Hebrew; Acts attributes it to David.
Formula: διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου στόματος Δαυὶδ παιδός σου εἰπών “through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David, your servant, said” (Acts 4:25)
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Greek of the New Testament: ὁ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου στόματος Δαυὶδ παιδός σου εἰπών Ἱνατί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατὰ τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ
Hebrew (Masoretic text): לָמָּה רָגְשׁוּ גוֹיִם וּלְאֻמִּים יֶהְגּוּ רִיק יִתְיַצְּבוּ מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ וְרוֹזְנִים נוֹסְדוּ יָחַד עַל יְהוָה וְעַל מְשִׁיחוֹ
Septuagint (Psalms 2:1-2 in the Septuagint numbering): Ἵνα τί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη, καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατὰ τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ. διάψαλμα.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 26 consecutive words: “ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατὰ τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0