Handelingen 4:26

26 De koningen der aarde zijn te zamen opgestaan, en de oversten zijn bijeenvergaderd tegen den Heere, en tegen Zijn Gezalfde.

Handelingen 4:26 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:26

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.

Handelingen 4:26 In-Context

24 En als dezen dat hoorden, hieven zij eendrachtelijk hun stem op tot God, en zeiden: Heere! Gij zijt de God, Die gemaakt hebt den hemel, en de aarde, en de zee, en alle dingen, die in dezelve zijn.

25 Die door den mond van David Uw knecht, gezegd hebt: Waarom woeden de heidenen, en hebben de volken ijdele dingen bedacht?

26 De koningen der aarde zijn te zamen opgestaan, en de oversten zijn bijeenvergaderd tegen den Heere, en tegen Zijn Gezalfde.

27 Want in der waarheid zijn vergaderd tegen Uw heilig Kind Jezus, Welken Gij gezalfd hebt, beiden Herodes en Pontius Pilatus, met de heidenen en de volken Israels;

28 Om te doen al wat Uw hand en Uw raad te voren bepaald had, dat geschieden zou.