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Acts 4:27 KJV
Acts · chapter 4 · verse 27
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,Acts 4:27 · King James Version
Acts 4:27 in context
25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
26The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- anointedchriōto anoint, consecrating Jesus to the Messianic office, and furnishing him with the…G5548 →
- Gentilesethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
- againstepiupon, on, at, by, before, of position, on, at, by, over, against, to, over, on, at…G1909 →
- PontiuspontiosPontius [Pilate] = " of the sea" , the sixth Roman procurator of Judah who…G4194 →
- PilatepilatosPilate = "armed with a spear", the sixth Roman procurator of Judah and Samaria who…G4091 →
- truthalētheiaobjectively, what is true in any matter under consideration, truly, in truth, according…G225 →
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We hear no more at present of the chief priests, what they did when they had dismissed Peter and John, but are to attend those two witnesses. And here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-31