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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/acts/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/acts/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/acts/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/acts/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose had determined beforehand to happen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />to do whatever Your hand and purpose predestined to occur.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />to do whatever Thy hand and Thy purpose predestined to occur.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />to do whatever your hand and your will had predestined to take place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />to do whatever Your hand and Your plan had predestined to take place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/acts/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They did what you in your power and wisdom had already decided would happen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel foreordained to come to pass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Through your will and power, they did everything that you had already decided should be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />to carry out everything that your hand and will had predetermined to take place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />To do whatever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />to do all that Thy power and Thy will had predetermined should be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to happen. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel determined before to come to pass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose had determined beforehand to happen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />To do what thy hands and thy counsel predestinated to be.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />To do what thy hand and thy counsel decreed to be done. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />to do what your hand and your counsel had decreed would be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />to do what your hand and [your] will had long ago planned to take place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />To execute whatever your hand and your will had previously decreed to take place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“To do all whatsoever your hand and your will had ordained beforehand to happen.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel determined to be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />to do so many things as thy hand and thy counsel did foreordain to come to pass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />to do all that thy hand and thy counsel predestined should come to pass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />to effect what thy power and thy wisdom pre-determined to be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />to do all that Thy power and Thy will had predetermined should be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel predetermined to come to pass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />(whom Thou hast anointed,) to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had before determined to be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/4-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=1136" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/4.htm">The Believers' Prayer</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">27</span>In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsai (V-ANA) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">They carried out</a> <a href="/greek/3745.htm" title="3745: hosa (RelPro-ANP) -- How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As.">what</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sou (PPro-G2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">Your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5495.htm" title="5495: cheir (N-NFS) -- A hand. ">hand</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sou (PPro-G2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou."></a> <a href="/greek/1012.htm" title="1012: boulē (N-NFS) -- Counsel, deliberate wisdom, decree. From boulomai; volition, i.e. advice, or purpose.">will</a> <a href="/greek/4309.htm" title="4309: proōrisen (V-AIA-3S) -- To foreordain, predetermine, mark out beforehand. From pro and horizo; to limit in advance, i.e. predetermine.">had decided beforehand</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: genesthai (V-ANM) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">would happen.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">29</span>And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10</a></span><br />I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/33-11.htm">Psalm 33:11</a></span><br />The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-21.htm">Proverbs 19:21</a></span><br />Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Ephesians 1:11</a></span><br />In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Daniel 4:35</a></span><br />All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a></span><br />And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a></span><br />As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-3.htm">Psalm 115:3</a></span><br />Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/42-2.htm">Job 42:2</a></span><br />“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-24.htm">Matthew 26:24</a></span><br />The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-11.htm">John 19:11</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-19.htm">Romans 9:19-21</a></span><br />One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?” / But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">Isaiah 14:24</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-37.htm">Lamentations 3:37-38</a></span><br />Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? / Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-8.htm">1 Peter 2:8</a></span><br />and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For to do whatever your hand and your counsel determined before to be done.</p><p class="hdg">to do.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a></b></br> Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18</a></b></br> But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/13-27.htm">Acts 13:27-29</a></b></br> For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled <i>them</i> in condemning <i>him</i>… </p><p class="hdg">and.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-13.htm">Job 12:13</a></b></br> With him <i>is</i> wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/21-30.htm">Proverbs 21:30</a></b></br> <i>There is</i> no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Isaiah 5:19</a></b></br> That say, Let him make speed, <i>and</i> hasten his work, that we may see <i>it</i>: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know <i>it</i>!</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/3-20.htm">Beforehand</a> <a href="/acts/4-26.htm">Council</a> <a href="/acts/4-15.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Decided</a> <a href="/daniel/11-17.htm">Determine</a> <a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Determined</a> <a href="/acts/3-5.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/acts/3-20.htm">Foreordained</a> <a href="/acts/3-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/john/13-19.htm">Occur</a> <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Plan</a> <a href="/acts/4-22.htm">Power</a> <a 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href="/acts/4-1.htm">The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-3.htm">imprison him and John.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-5.htm">After, upon examination </a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-8.htm">Peter boldly avouching the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-11.htm">and that only by the same Jesus we must be eternally saved,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-13.htm">they threaten him and John to preach no more in that name,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-23.htm">whereupon the church flees to prayer.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-31.htm">And God, by moving the place where they were assembled, testifies that he heard their prayer; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/4-34.htm">confirming the church with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with mutual love and charity.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They carried out</b><br>This phrase refers to the actions of the Jewish leaders and Roman authorities who were involved in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It highlights the human responsibility and involvement in the events leading to Jesus' death. The phrase underscores the fulfillment of God's sovereign plan through human actions, a theme consistent throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a>, where Joseph acknowledges God's purpose in his brothers' actions.<p><b>what Your hand and will</b><br>The "hand" of God is a biblical metaphor for His power and authority. It signifies God's active involvement in the world and His ability to bring about His purposes. The "will" of God refers to His divine plan and purpose. This phrase emphasizes the belief in God's sovereignty and providence, suggesting that nothing happens outside of His control. This is echoed in <a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10</a>, where God declares the end from the beginning, and in <a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Ephesians 1:11</a>, which speaks of God working all things according to the counsel of His will.<p><b>had decided beforehand</b><br>This indicates the doctrine of predestination, where God, in His omniscience, has foreordained events before they occur. It reflects the belief that the crucifixion of Jesus was not an accident but a predetermined part of God's redemptive plan. This concept is supported by prophecies such as <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, which foretells the suffering of the Messiah, and by Jesus' own predictions of His death and resurrection in the Gospels (e.g., <a href="/mark/8-31.htm">Mark 8:31</a>).<p><b>would happen</b><br>The phrase confirms the certainty and inevitability of God's plan being fulfilled. It reassures believers of the reliability of God's promises and the unfolding of His redemptive history. This is seen in the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah and in the New Testament's assurance of future events, such as the return of Christ (<a href="/revelation/22-20.htm">Revelation 22:20</a>). The crucifixion, though carried out by human hands, was ultimately the fulfillment of God's salvific purpose, demonstrating His control over history and His commitment to redeem humanity through Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign planner whose will and hand orchestrate events.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The central figure of the divine plan, whose life, death, and resurrection were foreordained.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/herod_and_pontius_pilate.htm">Herod and Pontius Pilate</a></b><br>Rulers who played roles in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus, acting within God's predetermined plan.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_apostles.htm">The Apostles</a></b><br>Early Christian leaders who are praying and acknowledging God's sovereignty in this passage.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where these events unfolded, significant in both Jewish and Christian history.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God is in control of all events, both past and present. His plans are perfect and will come to pass.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_responsibility.htm">Human Responsibility</a></b><br>While God's will is sovereign, humans are still responsible for their actions. Herod and Pilate acted within God's plan, yet they were accountable for their decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a></b><br>In times of uncertainty or suffering, trust that God has a purpose and is working all things according to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_and_acknowledgment.htm">Prayer and Acknowledgment</a></b><br>Like the apostles, we should pray with an understanding of God's sovereignty, acknowledging His control over all circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_witnessing.htm">Courage in Witnessing</a></b><br>Knowing that God’s plan is unstoppable should embolden us to share the gospel without fear.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_acts_are_allowed_in_christian_marriage.htm">What sexual acts are allowed in Christian marriage?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_early_deaths_of_the_faithful.htm">Proverbs 16:31 declares that gray hair, or old age, is a crown of glory for the righteous--how do we reconcile this with the early deaths of many who lead faithful and moral lives?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_a_temple_contain_god.htm">In 2 Chronicles 2:4, how can a temple truly contain God if other passages assert He cannot be confined?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jacob_bargain_with_god.htm">Why does Jacob appear to 'bargain' with God, seemingly contradicting other passages that discourage testing God (Genesis 28:20-22)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) <span class= "bld">To do whatsoever</span> <span class= "bld">thy hand</span>. . . .--The great problem of the relation of the divine purpose to man's free agency is stated (as before in <a href="/acts/1-16.htm" title="Men and brothers, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.">Acts 1:16</a>; <a href="/acts/2-23.htm" title="Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:">Acts 2:23</a>), without any attempt at a philosophical solution. No such solution is indeed possible. If we admit a Divine Will at all, manifesting itself in the government of the world, in the education of man kind, in the salvation of individual souls, we must follow the example of the Apostle, and hold both the facts of which consciousness and experience bear their witness, without seeking for a logical formula of reconciliation. In every fact of history, no less than in the great fact of which St. Peter speaks, the will of each agent is free, and he stands or falls by the part he has taken in it; and yet the outcome of the whole works out some law of evolution, some "increasing purpose," which we recognise as we look back on the course of the events, the actors in which were impelled by their own base or noble aims, their self-interest or their self-devotion. As each man looks back on his own life he traces a sequence visiting him with a righteous retribution, and leading him, whether he obeyed the call, or resisted it, to a higher life, an education no less than a probation. "Man proposes, God disposes." "God works in us, therefore we must work." Aphorisms such as these are the nearest approximation we can make to a practical; though not a theoretical, solution of the great mystery.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 28.</span> - To do <span class="accented">for</span> for <span class="accented">to do</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">foreordained to come to pass</span> for <span class="accented">determined before to be done</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">To do</span> (for the sentiment, comp. <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a>; <a href="/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18</a>). They were gathered together for the purpose of executing, their own will, as they thought, but really to fulfil the purpose of God (see also <a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26, 27</a>). See here the comfort to the Church of looking upon God as the <span class="greek">δεσπότης</span> of the whole earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/4-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">They carried out</span><br /><span class="grk">ποιῆσαι</span> <span class="translit">(poiēsai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅσα</span> <span class="translit">(hosa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3745.htm">Strong's 3745: </a> </span><span class="str2">How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your</span><br /><span class="grk">σου</span> <span class="translit">(sou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hand</span><br /><span class="grk">χείρ</span> <span class="translit">(cheir)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5495.htm">Strong's 5495: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">purpose</span><br /><span class="grk">βουλὴ</span> <span class="translit">(boulē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1012.htm">Strong's 1012: </a> </span><span class="str2">Counsel, deliberate wisdom, decree. From boulomai; volition, i.e. advice, or purpose.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had decided beforehand</span><br /><span class="grk">προώρισεν</span> <span class="translit">(proōrisen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4309.htm">Strong's 4309: </a> </span><span class="str2">To foreordain, predetermine, mark out beforehand. From pro and horizo; to limit in advance, i.e. predetermine.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would happen.</span><br /><span class="grk">γενέσθαι</span> <span class="translit">(genesthai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/4-28.htm">Acts 4:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/acts/4-28.htm">Acts 4:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/acts/4-28.htm">Acts 4:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/acts/4-28.htm">Acts 4:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/acts/4-28.htm">Acts 4:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/4-28.htm">Acts 4:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/4-28.htm">Acts 4:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/4-28.htm">Acts 4:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/acts/4-28.htm">Acts 4:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/acts/4-28.htm">Acts 4:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/acts/4-28.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 4:28 To do whatever your hand and your (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/4-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 4:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 4:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/4-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 4:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 4:29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>