Verse 25
Acts 4:25
New Living Translation
25
you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, saying, ‘Why were the nations so angry?<br>Why did they waste their time with futile plans?<br>
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ ⸂τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν⸃ διὰ ⸂πνεύματος ἁγίου⸃ στόματος Δαυὶδ παιδός σου εἰπών· Ἱνατί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά;
English Translation
The mouth of David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit: Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
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While Peter and John were speaking to the people, they were confronted by the priests, the captain o...
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These leaders were very disturbed that Peter and John were teaching the people that through Yashua (...
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They arrested them and, since it was already evening, put them in jail until morning.
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But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of men who believed now to...
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The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious law met in Jerusalem...
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Annas the high priest was there, along with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other relatives of the hi...
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They brought in the two disciples and demanded, “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this...
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of our people,
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are we being questioned today because we’ve done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know...
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Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerfu...
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For Yashua (Jesus) is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you buil...
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There is salvation in no one else! God (Elohim) has given no other name under heaven by which we mus...
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The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could...
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But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was noth...
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So they ordered Peter and John out of the council chamber and conferred among themselves.
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“What should we do with these men?” they asked each other. “We can’t deny that they have performed a...
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But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyo...
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So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of...
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But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God (Elohim) wants us to obey you rather than him?
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We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”
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The council then threatened them further, but they finally let them go because they didn’t know how...
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for this miraculous sign — the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.
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As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the le...
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When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God (Elohim)...
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you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, saying, ‘Why were th...
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The kings of the earth prepared for battle;<br>the rulers gathered together<br>against the LORD<br>a...
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“In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor,...
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But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.
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And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your wo...
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Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name...
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After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they...
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All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their ow...
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The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Yashua (Jesus), and God (Elohim)’s...
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There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them
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and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need.
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For instance, there was Joseph, the one the apostles nicknamed Barnabas (which means “Son of Encoura...
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He sold a field he owned and brought the money to the apostles.
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