The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

(A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
    and the peoples plot in vain?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble

25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant,[a] said by the Holy Spirit,

(A)“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
    and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and (B)the rulers were gathered together,
    against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 4:25 Or child; also verses 27, 30
  2. Acts 4:26 Or Christ

11 Though they plan evil against you,
    though they (A)devise mischief, they will not succeed.

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They say, “Come, (A)let us wipe them out as a nation;
    let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
For they conspire with one accord;
    against you they make a covenant—
the tents of (B)Edom and (C)the Ishmaelites,
    (D)Moab and (E)the Hagrites,
(F)Gebal and (G)Ammon and (H)Amalek,
    (I)Philistia with the inhabitants of (J)Tyre;
(K)Asshur also has joined them;
    they are the strong arm of (L)the children of Lot. Selah

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22 For the Son of Man goes (A)as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!” 23 And they began to question one another, which of them it could be who was going to do this.

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(A)But the Jews[a] (B)were jealous, and taking (C)some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. And when they could not find them, (D)they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:5 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 13

38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, (A)‘This is the heir. Come, (B)let us kill him and have his inheritance.’

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Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
    give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
    strap on your armor and be shattered.

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  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed

42 I beat them fine as (A)dust before the wind;
    I cast them out like (B)the mire of the streets.

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33 When they heard this, they (A)were enraged and wanted to kill them.

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32 For he will be (A)delivered over to the Gentiles and will be (B)mocked and shamefully treated and (C)spit upon.

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28 When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, (A)“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” 29 So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and (B)Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's (C)companions in travel. 30 But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him. 31 And even some of the Asiarchs,[a] who were friends of his, sent to him and were urging him not to venture into the theater. 32 (D)Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:31 That is, high-ranking officers of the province of Asia

49 But one of them, (A)Caiaphas, (B)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. 50 Nor do you understand that (C)it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”

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The Plot to Kill Jesus

22 (A)Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called (B)the Passover. And the chief priests and the scribes (C)were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.

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22 The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders (A)to beat them with rods.

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And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.

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