Acts 4:25

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'You spoke through the mouth of your servant David, saying: Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?'

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  • Acts 1:16 : 16 “Brothers, it was necessary for the Scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who served as a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
  • Ps 2:1-6 : 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One. 3 Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us. 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. 5 Then He speaks to them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath: 6 I have installed My King on Zion, My holy mountain.
  • Acts 2:30 : 30 Being therefore a prophet and knowing that God had sworn an oath to him that He would set one of his descendants on his throne,

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  • Ps 2:1-5
    5 verses
    85%

    1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

    2The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.

    3Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us.

    4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

    5Then He speaks to them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath:

  • Acts 4:26-29
    4 verses
    81%

    26'The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.'

    27'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'

    28'They did what your hand and will had predestined to take place.'

    29'And now, Lord, consider their threats and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness.'

  • 24When they heard this, they raised their voices together to God and said, 'Sovereign Lord, you are the one who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.'

  • Acts 4:7-8
    2 verses
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    7They brought them before them and asked, 'By what power or in whose name have you done this?'

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 'Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,'

  • Acts 2:33-35
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    33Exalted to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

    34For David did not ascend to heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at My right hand,

    35until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.’

  • 2Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?

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    36David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, said: "The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.'"

    37David himself calls him 'Lord.' So how can he be his son?' And the large crowd listened to him with delight.

  • 42For David himself says in the book of Psalms: "The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand

  • 6God is within her, she will not be moved; God will help her at the break of dawn.

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    43He said to them, 'How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him “Lord”?'

    44'The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”'

  • 25David said about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.’

  • 12LORD, You establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.

  • 5The Lord is at your right hand; He will crush kings on the day of His wrath.

  • 1The Lord said to my lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."

  • 11'This is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the cornerstone.'

  • 27Let them know that this is Your hand; that You, Lord, have done it.

  • 4To whom have you uttered words, and whose breath has come from you?

  • 24'You have kept Your word to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You fulfilled with Your hand, as it is today.'

  • 4May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks with arrogance.

  • 11And again: 'Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol Him.'

  • 4All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Lord, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

  • 2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me, and His word was on my tongue.

  • 2O God, do not remain silent; do not be still or quiet, O Mighty One.

  • 12Neither the kings of the earth nor the inhabitants of the world believed that the adversary and the enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

  • 23He was delivered up by God’s determined plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

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    2LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

  • 61You have heard their insults, O LORD, all their plots against me.

  • 10The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

  • 28When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

  • 31After they prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

  • 14O God, arrogant people have risen against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set You before them.

  • 7to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,

  • 16“Brothers, it was necessary for the Scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who served as a guide for those who arrested Jesus.

  • 39'But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop it. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.' They were persuaded by him.

  • 25I say, 'My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, your years endure through all generations.'

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    1A psalm of David, composed when he fled from his son Absalom.

  • 10Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Let it be known among the nations before our eyes that You avenge the spilled blood of Your servants.

  • 4God, restore us! Make your face shine upon us so that we may be saved.