Acts 4:28 They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

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New International Version
They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.

New Living Translation
But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.

English Standard Version
to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

Berean Standard Bible
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

Berean Literal Bible
to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose had determined beforehand to happen.

King James Bible
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

New King James Version
to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

New American Standard Bible
to do whatever Your hand and purpose predestined to occur.

NASB 1995
to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.

NASB 1977
to do whatever Thy hand and Thy purpose predestined to occur.

Legacy Standard Bible
to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.

Amplified Bible
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].

Christian Standard Bible
to do whatever your hand and your will had predestined to take place.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
to do whatever Your hand and Your plan had predestined to take place.

American Standard Version
to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.

Contemporary English Version
They did what you in your power and wisdom had already decided would happen.

English Revised Version
to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel foreordained to come to pass.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Through your will and power, they did everything that you had already decided should be done.

Good News Translation
They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.

International Standard Version
to carry out everything that your hand and will had predetermined to take place.

Majority Standard Bible
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

NET Bible
to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.

New Heart English Bible
to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.

Webster's Bible Translation
To do whatever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

Weymouth New Testament
to do all that Thy power and Thy will had predetermined should be done.

World English Bible
to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to happen.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel determined before to come to pass.

Berean Literal Bible
to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose had determined beforehand to happen.

Young's Literal Translation
to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.

Smith's Literal Translation
To do what thy hands and thy counsel predestinated to be.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
To do what thy hand and thy counsel decreed to be done.

Catholic Public Domain Version
to do what your hand and your counsel had decreed would be done.

New American Bible
to do what your hand and [your] will had long ago planned to take place.

New Revised Standard Version
to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
To execute whatever your hand and your will had previously decreed to take place.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“To do all whatsoever your hand and your will had ordained beforehand to happen.”

NT Translations

Anderson New Testament
to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel determined to be done.

Godbey New Testament
to do so many things as thy hand and thy counsel did foreordain to come to pass.

Haweis New Testament
to do all that thy hand and thy counsel predestined should come to pass.

Mace New Testament
to effect what thy power and thy wisdom pre-determined to be done.

Weymouth New Testament
to do all that Thy power and Thy will had predetermined should be done.

Worrell New Testament
to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel predetermined to come to pass.

Worsley New Testament
(whom Thou hast anointed,) to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had before determined to be done.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

The Believers' Prayer
…27In 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. 28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen. 29And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,…

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Cross References

Isaiah 46:10
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.’

Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

Proverbs 19:21
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

Ephesians 1:11
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,

Daniel 4:35
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?’”

Romans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Genesis 50:20
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.

Psalm 115:3
Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.

Job 42:2
“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

Matthew 26:24
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.”

John 19:11
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.”

Romans 9:19-21
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?

Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

Lamentations 3:37-38
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?

1 Peter 2:8
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

Treasury of Scripture

For to do whatever your hand and your counsel determined before to be done.

to do.

Acts 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Acts 3:18
But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

Acts 13:27-29
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 them in condemning him…

and.

Job 12:13
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Isaiah 5:19
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

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Acts 4

1. The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon,
3. imprison him and John.
5. After, upon examination
8. Peter boldly avouching the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus,
11. and that only by the same Jesus we must be eternally saved,
13. they threaten him and John to preach no more in that name,
23. whereupon the church flees to prayer.
31. And God, by moving the place where they were assembled, testifies that he heard their prayer;
34. confirming the church with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with mutual love and charity.

Berean Study Bible

They carried out
This phrase refers to the actions of the people involved in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Greek word used here is "ποιέω" (poieō), which means to make or do. It emphasizes the active role of the individuals who executed the events leading to Jesus' death. From a historical perspective, this highlights the collaboration between Jewish leaders and Roman authorities, fulfilling the prophecies about the Messiah's suffering. It serves as a reminder of human responsibility in the divine narrative.

what Your hand
The "hand" of God is a metaphorical expression used throughout Scripture to denote God's power and authority. In the Hebrew context, the hand symbolizes strength and action. This phrase underscores the belief that God's sovereign power was at work, orchestrating events according to His divine plan. It reassures believers of God's omnipotence and His ability to bring about His purposes, even through human actions.

and will
The Greek word for "will" is "βούλημα" (boulēma), which refers to a deliberate intention or purpose. This highlights the intentionality behind God's plan, emphasizing that the events were not random but were part of a divine strategy. It reflects the theological concept of God's providence, where His will is ultimately accomplished despite human intentions. This provides comfort to believers, knowing that God's purposes are always good and for His glory.

had decided beforehand
This phrase comes from the Greek "προορίζω" (proorizō), meaning to predetermine or foreordain. It speaks to the doctrine of predestination, where God, in His omniscience, has determined the course of events before they occur. This concept is deeply rooted in the biblical narrative, affirming that God is not surprised by history but is the author of it. It encourages believers to trust in God's eternal wisdom and His perfect timing.

would happen
The certainty of the phrase "would happen" reflects the fulfillment of God's predetermined plan. The Greek verb "γίνομαι" (ginomai) means to become or to come into being. It signifies the transition from divine intention to historical reality. This assures believers that God's promises are reliable and will come to pass. It inspires faith in God's unchanging nature and His ability to bring His plans to fruition, reinforcing the hope found in His sovereign will.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(28) 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 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.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 28. - To do for for to do, A.V.; foreordained to come to pass for determined before to be done, A.V. To do (for the sentiment, comp. Acts 2:23; Acts 3:18). 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 Isaiah 10:5-15; Isaiah 37:26, 27). See here the comfort to the Church of looking upon God as the δεσπότης of the whole earth.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

They carried out
ποιῆσαι (poiēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

what
ὅσα (hosa)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3745: How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As.

Your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

hand
χείρ (cheir)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5495: A hand.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

purpose
βουλὴ (boulē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1012: Counsel, deliberate wisdom, decree. From boulomai; volition, i.e. advice, or purpose.

had decided beforehand
προώρισεν (proōrisen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4309: To foreordain, predetermine, mark out beforehand. From pro and horizo; to limit in advance, i.e. predetermine.

would happen.
γενέσθαι (genesthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

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