Acts 4:28

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Acts 4:28

to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined [before the creation of the world] to occur [and so without knowing it, they served Your own purpose].

Acts 2:23

this Man, when handed over [to the Roman authorities] according to the predetermined decision and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross and put to death by the hands of lawless and godless men.

Declaring the end and the result from the beginning,
And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfills My purpose,’

Genesis 50:20

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present outcome, that many people would be kept alive [as they are this day].

Job 12:13

“But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might;
He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.

Psalm 76:10

For the wrath of man shall praise You;
With a remnant of wrath You will clothe and arm Yourself.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.

Isaiah 5:19

Who say, “Let Him move speedily, let Him expedite His work [His promised vengeance], so that we may see it;
And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel approach
And come to pass, so that we may know it!”

Isaiah 28:29

This also comes from the Lord of hosts,
Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.

Isaiah 40:13

Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
Or has taught Him as His counselor?

Isaiah 53:10

Yet the Lord was willing
To crush Him, causing Him to suffer;
If He would give Himself as a guilt offering [an atonement for sin],
He shall see His [spiritual] offspring,
He shall prolong His days,
And the will (good pleasure) of the Lord shall succeed and prosper in His hand.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man is to go [to the cross], just as it is written [in Scripture] of Him; but woe (judgment is coming) to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born.”

Matthew 26:54

How then will the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen this way?”

Luke 22:22

For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe (judgment is coming) to that man by whom He is betrayed and handed over!”

Luke 24:44-46

Then He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you, everything which has been written about Me in the Law of Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

Acts 3:18

And so God has fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ (Messiah, Anointed) would suffer.

Acts 13:27-29

For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, who failed to recognize or understand both Jesus and the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled these [very prophecies] by condemning Him.

Ephesians 1:11

In Him also we have received an inheritance [a destiny—we were claimed by God as His own], having been predestined (chosen, appointed beforehand) according to the purpose of Him who works everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will,

Hebrews 6:17

In the same way God, in His desire to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, intervened and guaranteed it with an oath,

1 Peter 2:7-8

This precious value, then, is for you who believe [in Him as God’s only Son—the Source of salvation]; but for those who disbelieve,“The [very] stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief Cornerstone,”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Acts 4:28

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

To do

General references

Philemon 1:15

Bible References

To do

this Man, when handed over [to the Roman authorities] according to the predetermined decision and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross and put to death by the hands of lawless and godless men.

And so God has fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ (Messiah, Anointed) would suffer.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present outcome, that many people would be kept alive [as they are this day].

For the wrath of man shall praise You;
With a remnant of wrath You will clothe and arm Yourself.

For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe (judgment is coming) to that man by whom He is betrayed and handed over!”

General references

There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.

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].”

But his citizens [the residents of his new kingdom] hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be a king over us.’

and how the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him.

For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth [and the gospel—the good news of salvation].

Perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, so that you would have him back forever,