“ For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. ”
For to do ... - See the notes on Acts 2:23 ; Acts 3:18 . The facts which are brought to view in these verses are among the most remarkable on record. They are briefly these: That the Jewish...
For to (m) do whatsoever (n) thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. (m) The wicked execute God's counsel, even though they think nothing of it, but they are not therefore without fau...
Return of the Apostles to their Own People. The Christians are spoken of as if they lived together ( cf. Acts 1:14 , Acts 2:44-47 ) or at least had a hall where they could all meet. The prayer (...
counsel. App-102. Compare Acts 2:23 . determined before. Greek. proorizo. Generally translated "predestinate". See Romans 8:29 ; Romans 8:30 ; 1 Corinthians 2:7 ; Ephesians 1:5 ; Ephesia...
28. That they might do. I have already declared to what end this is spoken; that the kingdom of Christ was so far from being overrun by that conspiracy, that in truth it did then flourish. N...
DISCOURSE: 1750 CHRIST’S SUFFERINGS FORE-ORDAINED Acts 4:27-28 . Of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the peop...
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, &c.— We must here observe, that the hand of God most frequently in the Old Testament relates not so much to his power, as to his wisdom, and provi...
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done - meaning, 'to do what His counsel deter...
Arrest of Peter and John 1-22. Arrest of Peter and John. Peter's speech before the Sanhedrin. The proceedings of the Apostles displeased the authorities, (1) because they taught the people ( Acts...
To do whatsoever thy hand .... — The great problem of the relation of the divine purpose to man’s free agency is stated (as before in Acts 1:16 ; Acts 2:23 ), without any attempt at a philosophica...
Help from on High Acts 4:23-35 Like draws to like; Judas went to his own place, and the Apostles to their own company. The best answer to threats is prayer. The Apostles' one petition just then...
Opposition to apostolic preaching and work seems to have originated mostly from the influence of the Sadducees. The preaching of the apostles contradicted all the cardinal elements in the Sadducean p...
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. (24) And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one acco...
For to do whatsoever thy hand ,.... It was not the end of their gathering together against Christ, or it was not their intention and design, to fulfil the purposes and decrees of God, but to fulfil...
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. Ver. 28. For to do whatsoever, &c. ] Divinum consilium dum devitatur, impletur. Humana sapientia dum reluctatur, c...
And being let go Being dismissed from their examination by the rulers; they went to their own company Who, probably, were at this time met together, praying for them; and reported all that the c...
The religious leaders were greatly agitated by the public speaking of the apostles, and the Sadducees particularly, for one of their cardinal doctrines was the denial of any resurrection. They were e...
The Apostles Return to Their Company; The Devout Appeal of the Apostles. 23 And being let go, they went to their own company, an...
The apostles mind not so much second causes in what my Saviour or themselves suffered, but see and acknowledge God in all; who makes a straight line with a crooked stick; and is holy, wise, and good...
God's Response To The Warnings of the Sanhedrin (4:23-31).
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 4:23 . Their own company .—Not the apostles merely, but their friends in the faith generally. Acts 4:24 . O Lord !—Addressed not to Christ, as in Acts 1:24 , who, howev...
determined Predestination, translated, predestinated. ( Romans 8:29 ); ( Acts 4:28 ); ( Ephesians 1:5 ); ( Ephesians 1:11 ).
Acts 4 Before the Council From this section of Apostolic history we may draw the following practical inferences: I. We may learn that if we are Christ's disciples we may expect to encounter anta...
Peter and John were summoned before the priests to give an account for having healed the lame man, and for having preached in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. In the eighth verse we read: Acts 4:8-12...
Acts 4:1 . The captain of the temple was the captain of the watch, and saw that the levites performed their duty day and night. He beat them and set fire to their garments, if he found them asleep...
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor to teach in the name of Jesus. Christian courage I. Its test. The apostles did not wish to separate themselves from the Jewish C...
EXPOSITION Acts 4:1 The captain of the temple. Only here and Acts 5:24 , and Luke 22:4 , Luke 22:52 in the plural some have thought that the commander of the Roman garrison of the ca...
The Prayer and the Further Establishment of the Congregation. The report of the apostles and the prayer:
1 Peter 2:7 ; 1 Peter 2:8 ; Acts 13:27-29 ; Acts 2:23 ; Acts 3:18 ; Ephesians 1:11 ; Genesis 50:20 ; Hebrews 6:17 ; Isaiah 28:29 ; Isaiah 40:13 ; Isaiah 46:10 ; Isaiah 5:19 ; Isaiah 53:1...
The Results of a Faithful Testimony Acts 4:13-31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS A real problem presented itself to the rulers of the Jews. They were greatly perturbed by the preaching of the disciples, an...
The sense is, but they could do no more than thou wast pleased to permit, according to thy determinate counsel, to save mankind by the sufferings of thy Son. And what was needful for this end, thou...