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25 You said by the Holy Spirit through the voice of our ancestor, your servant David,

‘Why do the unbelievers[a] rage,
    and the people devise useless plots?
26 The kings of the earth take their stand,
    and rulers meet together against the Lord[b]
        and against his Messiah.’[c]

27 For in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate actually met together with unbelievers[d] and the people of Israel to oppose your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 4:25 Lit. gentiles ; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews
  2. Acts 4:26 MT source citation reads Lord
  3. Acts 4:26 Or Christ; cf. Ps 2:1-2
  4. Acts 4:27 Lit. gentiles ; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews

25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:(A)

“‘Why do the nations rage
    and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
against the Lord
    and against his anointed one.[a][b](B)

27 Indeed Herod(C) and Pontius Pilate(D) met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,(E) whom you anointed.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 4:26 That is, Messiah or Christ
  2. Acts 4:26 Psalm 2:1,2