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Acts 4:26
Acts 4:26 is verse 26 of Acts chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
Or His Christ or His Messiah; Psalms 2:1–2
King James Version
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
World English Bible
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers plot together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’
Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean Anointed One.
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Acts 4:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
24 When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
27 In 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.
28 They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
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Cross-references
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Psalms 83:2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
Psalms 83:3With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
Psalms 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Psalms 83:5For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
Psalms 83:6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
Psalms 83:7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
Psalms 83:8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
Joel 3:9Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Joel 3:10Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
Joel 3:11Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
Joel 3:12Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
Joel 3:13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Revelation 17:12The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
Revelation 17:13These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast.
Revelation 17:14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
Revelation 17:17For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
Revelation 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
Revelation 19:18so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”
Revelation 19:19Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.
Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Revelation 19:21And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.