Acts 4:25 KJV — MannaFest

Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

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ASV

who by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?

WEB

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?

YLT

who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

DBT

who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have [the] nations raged haughtily and [the] peoples meditated vain things?

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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Psalms 2:1
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 Corinthians 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Nahum 1:9
What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
Acts 1:16
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
Isaiah 7:7
Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

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David--to whom the Jews ascribed the second Psalm, though anonymous; and internal evidence confirms it. David's spirit sees with astonishment "the heathen, the people, the kings and princes of the earth," in deadly combination against the sway of Jehovah and His Anointed (his Messiah, or Christ), and asks "why" it is.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

(4.) That the rulers would gather together against God and Christ; not only monarchs, that have the power in their single persons, but where the power is in many rulers, councils, and senates, they gather together, to consult and decree against the Lord and against his Christ --against both natural and revealed religion. What is done against Christ, God takes as done against himself.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Quotation Psalms 2:1
'Why did the heathen rage' — the gathered believers in prayer ('by the mouth of thy servant David'). Royal psalm.
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'Why did the heathen rage' — the believers' prayer ('who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said')

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