Acts 4:25 (ASV)

Passage

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?

Nearby Context

Acts 4:23 And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them.

Acts 4:24 And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou that didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

Acts 4:25 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?

Acts 4:26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:

Acts 4:27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "holy", "mouth", "father", "david", "servant", "didst", and "gentiles". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "holy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And they when they heard it lifted..." into verse 26's "The kings of the earth set themselves...", so "Spirit" and "holy" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "holy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.