The kings of the earth stood up
Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, sometimes called a king, (
Mark 6:14 ) and
Pilate the Roman governor, who represented his master Caesar;
these stood, or rose up in an hostile manner, and set themselves
against, and opposed themselves to the Messiah, Jesus of
Nazareth: and the rulers were gathered
together;
the Jewish rulers, Annas, Caiaphas, and the rest of the members
of the sanhedrim, who met together more than once; and
particularly at the high priest's palace, to consult how they
should take Jesus and put him to death; and who also gathered
together at the same place, when he was taken, to arraign,
examine, and condemn him. And this opposition, and these
conspiracies and consultations, were against the
Lord:
Jehovah, the Father of Christ, who sent him, and anointed him; so
that what was done against Christ, was done against the Lord,
their views and designs, their interest and glory, being the
same: and against his Christ;
or anointed one, who was anointed by him, with the Holy Ghost,
from his birth, and at his baptism, to be prophet, priest, and
King.
Acts 4:26
