Acts 4:27 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "truth", "against", "holy", "servant", "jesus", "thou", "hadst", and "anointed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "truth" and "against", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "The kings of the earth were there..." into verse 28's "to do whatever thy hand and thy...", so "truth" and "against" 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 "truth" and "against" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.