Acts 4:18-28

18 And when they had summoned them, they ¹commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

19 But ²Peter and John answered and said to them, "³Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge;

20 for ⁴we cannot * stop speaking about what we have seen and heard."

21 When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) ⁵on account of the people, because they were all ⁶glorifying God for what had happened;

22 for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

23 When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

24 And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, "O Lord, it is You who ⁷MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM

25 who ⁸by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said, '⁹WHY * DID THE GENTILES RAGE, AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE FUTILE THINGS?

26 '¹⁰THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER * * AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ¹¹CHRIST.'

27 For truly * in this city there were gathered together against Your holy ¹²servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both ¹³Herod and ¹⁴Pontius Pilate, along with ¹⁵the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

28 to do whatever Your hand and ¹⁶Your purpose predestined to occur.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 5:28
• 2. Acts 4:13
• 3. Acts 5:28
• 4. 1 Corinthians 9:16
• 5. Acts 5:26
• 6. Matthew 9:8
• 7. Exodus 20:11; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalms 146:6
• 8. Acts 1:16
• 9. Psalms 2:1
• 10. Psalms 2:2
• 11. Daniel 9:24; Luke 4:18; Acts 10:38; Hebrews 1:9
• 12. Acts 3:13; Acts 4:30
• 13. Matthew 14:1; Luke 23:7-11
• 14. Matthew 27:2; Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1, 12; John 18:28, 29
• 15. Matthew 20:19
• 16. Acts 2:23

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "on the basis of"
• [b]. Or "sign"
• [c]. Or "Master"
• [d]. Or "nations"
• [e]. Or "approached"
• [f]. Or "Anointed One;" i.e. Messiah
• [g]. Or "Son"
• [h]. Or "nations"