Acts 4:26 (DBY)

Passage

The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:24 And they, having heard [it], lifted up [their] voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, *thou* art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

Acts 4:25 who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have [the] nations raged haughtily and [the] peoples meditated vain things?

Acts 4:26 The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

Acts 4:27 For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with [the] nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

Acts 4:28 to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "kings", "earth", "rulers", "gathered", "together", "against", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "kings" and "earth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "who hast said by the mouth of..." into verse 27's "For in truth against thy holy servant...", so "kings" and "earth" 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 "kings" and "earth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.