Acts 4:28

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, comprehenditur. (Greg.)

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²⁸ For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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