Acts 4:25-26

4:25 who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather,

Why do the nations rage,

and the peoples plot foolish things?

4:26 The kings of the earth stood together,

and the rulers assembled together,

against the Lord and against his Christ.


tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).

tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”

tn Or “Gentiles.”

sn The Greek word translated rage includes not only anger but opposition, both verbal and nonverbal. See L&N 88.185.

tn Or “futile”; traditionally, “vain.”

tn Traditionally, “The kings of the earth took their stand.”

tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn A quotation from Ps 2:1-2.