Acts 4:28

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 r...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 not...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

counsel. App-102. Compare Acts 2:23 . determined before. Greek. proorizo. Generally translated "predestinate". See Romans 8:29 ; Romans 8:3...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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, a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 autho...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Prayer of the Apostles on their release. 24. With one accord ] The prayer was probably led by St. Peter, the others repeating the words after him.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Thy counsel ] There is a theological difficulty here. God is said to have foreordained the iniquitous proceedings of the scribes and Pharisees who c...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 ;...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 threa...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Opposition to apostolic preaching and work seems to have originated mostly from the influence of the Sadducees. The preaching of the apostles contrad...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 tha...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 fulf...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. Ver. 28. For to do whatsoever, &c. ] Divinum consilium dum devit...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 togeth...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The religious leaders were greatly agitated by the public speaking of the apostles, and the Sadducees particularly, for one of their cardinal doctrin...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostles Return to Their Company; The Devout Appeal of the Apostles. 23 An...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Response To The Warnings of the Sanhedrin (4:23-31).
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“For in truth in this city against your holy Servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Is...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 4:23 . Their own company .—Not the apostles merely, but their friends in the faith generally. Acts 4:24 . O Lord !—Addr...
Scofield Reference Notes

determined Predestination, translated, predestinated. ( Romans 8:29 ); ( Acts 4:28 ); ( Ephesians 1:5 ); ( Ephesians 1:11 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 4:23-37 I. The whole Church is interested in the proceedings of its individual members. II. The right method of treating opposition to the K...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 Na...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 s...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And being let go, they went to their own company. Being let go We do not know what we or other people are until the restraint is taken off. We...
The Biblical Illustrator

Why do the heathen rage. Opposition to the gospel I. Its characteristics. 1. Furiousness, “rage,” a word signifying the neighing or snorting...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prayer and the Further Establishment of the Congregation. The report of the apostles and the prayer:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

for to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel determined before to be done. By the power of the Spirit's testimony through the mouth of the apostl...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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 great...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 o...

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

Related Commentaries of Acts 4:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 4:28