Acts 4:28 (DBY)

Passage

to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.

Nearby Context

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,

Acts 4:30 in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whatever", "hand", "counsel", "determined", "before", "should", "come", and "pass". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whatever" and "hand", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "For in truth against thy holy servant..." into verse 29's "And now Lord look upon their threatenings...", so "whatever" and "hand" 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 "whatever" and "hand" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.