Acts 4:25

who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David, Your servant, said,

‘Why did the nations (Gentiles) become arrogant and rage,
And the peoples devise futile things [against the Lord]?

Acts 1:16

“Brothers and sisters, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the lips of David [king of Israel] about Judas [Iscariot], who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.

Psalm 2:1-6

Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?

Acts 2:30

And so, being a prophet and knowing fully that God had sworn to him with an oath that He would seat one of his descendants on his throne,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Acts 4:25

Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

By

Acts 1:16

Acts 2:30

Why

Psalm 2:1

General references

Isaiah 7:7

Luke 9:22

Bible References

By

And so, being a prophet and knowing fully that God had sworn to him with an oath that He would seat one of his descendants on his throne,

Why

Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?

General references

for this is what the Lord God says, “It shall not stand nor shall it happen.

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected [as the Messiah] by the elders and chief priests and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), and be put to death, and on the third day be raised up [from death to life].”