Psalm 2:1
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Psalm 2
God’s Promise to His Anointed
1 Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?(A)
Acts 4:25-26
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25 it is you who said by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant:[a]
‘Why did the gentiles rage
and the peoples imagine vain things?(A)
26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
and the rulers have gathered together
against the Lord and against his Messiah.’[b](B)
Revelation 17:14
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14 they will wage war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”(A)
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Psalm 46:6
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6 The nations are in an uproar; the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice; the earth melts.(A)
Psalm 21:11
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11 If they plan evil against you,
if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.(A)
Psalm 83:4-8
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4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”(A)
5 They conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—(B)
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,(C)
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
Luke 22:22-23
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22 For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!”(A) 23 Then they began to ask one another which one of them it could be who would do this.
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Acts 17:5-6
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5 But the Jews became jealous, and with the help of some ruffians in the marketplaces they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. While they were searching for Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly, they attacked Jason’s house.(A) 6 When they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers and sisters before the city authorities, shouting, “These people who have been turning the world upside down have come here also,(B)
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Matthew 21:38
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38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.’(A)
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Isaiah 8:9
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9 Take notice,[a] you peoples, and be dismayed;
listen, all you far countries;
gird yourselves and be dismayed![b]
Psalm 18:42
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42 I beat them fine, like dust before the wind;
I cast them out like the mire of the streets.(A)
Acts 5:33
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33 When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.(A)
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Luke 18:32
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32 For he will be handed over to the gentiles, and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon.(A)
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Acts 19:28-32
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28 When they heard this, they were enraged and shouted, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”(A) 29 The city was filled with the confusion, and people[a] rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s travel companions.(B) 30 Paul wished to go into the crowd, but the disciples would not let him; 31 even some officials of the province of Asia[b] who were friendly to him sent him a message urging him not to venture into the theater. 32 Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.(C)
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John 11:49-50
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49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!(A) 50 You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed.”(B)
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Luke 22:1-2
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The Plot to Kill Jesus
22 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near.(A) 2 The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus[a] to death, for they were afraid of the people.(B)
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Acts 16:22
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22 The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates had them stripped of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods.(A)
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Luke 22:5
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5 They were greatly pleased and agreed to give him money.(A)
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