The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom(A)

Why (B)do the [a]nations [b]rage,
And the people plot a [c]vain thing?

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Gentiles
  2. Psalm 2:1 throng tumultuously
  3. Psalm 2:1 worthless or empty

25 who [a]by the mouth of Your servant David have said:

(A)‘Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?
26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the Lord and against His Christ.’

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  1. Acts 4:25 NU through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father, Your servant David,

14 (A)These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will (B)overcome them, (C)for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; (D)and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

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(A)The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

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11 For they intended evil against You;
They devised a plot which they are not able to (A)perform.

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They have said, “Come, and (A)let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

For they have consulted together with one [a]consent;
They [b]form a confederacy against You:
(B)The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

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  1. Psalm 83:5 Lit. heart
  2. Psalm 83:5 Lit. cut a covenant

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

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Assault on Jason’s House

But the Jews [a]who were not persuaded, [b]becoming (A)envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of (B)Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, (C)“These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.

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  1. Acts 17:5 NU omits who were not persuaded
  2. Acts 17:5 M omits becoming envious

22 (A)And truly the Son of Man goes (B)as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

23 (C)Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.

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“Be(A) shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.

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42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;
I (A)cast them out like dirt in the streets.

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Gamaliel’s Advice

33 When they heard this, they were (A)furious[a] and plotted to kill them.

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  1. Acts 5:33 cut to the quick

32 For (A)He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

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28 Now when they heard this, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!” 29 So the whole city was filled with confusion, and rushed into the theater with one accord, having seized (A)Gaius and (B)Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s travel companions. 30 And when Paul wanted to go in to the people, the disciples would not allow him. 31 Then some of the [a]officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him pleading that he would not venture into the theater. 32 Some therefore cried one thing and some another, for the assembly was confused, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

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  1. Acts 19:31 Asiarchs, rulers of Asia, the province

49 And one of them, (A)Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50 (B)nor do you consider that it is expedient for [a]us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.”

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  1. John 11:50 NU you

The Plot to Kill Jesus(A)

22 Now (B)the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover. And (C)the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.

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22 Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes (A)and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

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

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