Acts 4:27

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Acts 4:27

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Summary

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,

Of a

Matthew 26:3

Luke 22:1

Luke 23:1

Thy

Whom

John 10:36

Both

Matthew 2:13

Luke 13:31

Luke 23:7

The people

General references

Luke 24:20

Bible References

Of a

The chief priest and the elders of the people assembled at the court of Caiaphas, the high priest.

The feast of unleavened bread was near. This is called the Passover.

The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

Thy

You extend your hand to heal and signs and wonders appear in the name of your holy servant Jesus.

Because you will not leave me in the grave, neither will you allow your Holy One to see corruption. (Psalm 16:10)

You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and requested a murderer to be released to you.

Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!

What is man, that he could be pure? Or he who is born of woman, that he could be righteous?

How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

The angel replied: Holy Spirit would come to you and the power of the Most High will envelope you. Because of this the newborn will be called the Son of God.

Such a high priest as this was suitable for us. He is holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and higher than the heavens.

Whom

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Jesus went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil. God was with him.

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against Jehovah and against his Anointed One.

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah has anointed me to announce good news to the lowly and meek. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners.

The Spirit of Jehovah is upon me. He anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind. To set at liberty those who are bruised.

do you say to the one whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, you blaspheme? And this because I said, I am the Son of God. (Psalm 82:1, 6) (John 1:34; 5:18) (Luke 1:35)

Both

When they left, the angel of God appeared to Joseph in a dream and said: Herod is looking to kill the young child. Arise, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you to leave.

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and warned him: You must leave and go somewhere else for Herod wants to kill you.

When he knew that he was from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod. He was in Jerusalem at that time.

The people

Israel's Holy God and Savior says to the one who is deeply despised, hated by the nations and is the servant of rulers: Kings will see you released and will rise to show their respect. Princes will also see it and they will bow low to honor you.

He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much.

So I fed the poor of the flock of slaughter. I took two staffs; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

When we get to Jerusalem, he said, The Son of man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes. They will give orders for him to be put to death.

What do you think? A man had two sons. He asked the first to work today in the vineyard.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone the messengers who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings. But you were not willing!

The chief priest and the elders of the people assembled at the court of Caiaphas, the high priest.

The people answered: Let his blood be on us, and on our children.

When we go to Jerusalem the Son of man will be turned over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the people of the nations.

It was just two days until the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread. The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might quietly capture and kill him.

Early in the morning the chief priests met hurriedly with the elders, the teachers of the Law, and the entire Council. They made their plans. They led Jesus away in chains and handed him over to Pilate.

The Son of man must suffer many things, he told them. The elders, chief priests and scribes will reject him and kill him. The third day he will be raised up.

The owner of the vineyard said, what should I do? I will send my beloved son. Maybe they will respect him.

The chief priests and the scribes searched for a way to put him to death. But they feared the people.

The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

He came to his own. They did not receive him!

When Jesus finished his prayer he and his disciples crossed the Kedron winter stream to a garden.

They cried out: Away with him, away with him, impale him! Pilate asked: Should I impale your King? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar.

General references

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah!

This is what the Lord Jehovah says: It will not take place! It will not happen!

The Son of man must suffer many things, he told them. The elders, chief priests and scribes will reject him and kill him. The third day he will be raised up.

His citizens hated him. They sent a spokesman to him saying we do not want this man to rule us.

The chief priests and the scribes searched for a way to put him to death. But they feared the people.

Herod and Pilate became friends that day. Before that time they were at enmity.

The chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death. They impaled him!