Acts 4:26 (GNV)

Passage

The Kings of the earth assembled, and the rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:24 And when they heard it, they lift vp their voyces to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou art the God which hast made the heaue, and the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,

Acts 4:25 Which by the mouth of thy seruant Dauid hast saide, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the people imagine vaine things?

Acts 4:26 The Kings of the earth assembled, and the rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

Acts 4:27 For doutlesse, against thine holy Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anoynted, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselues together,

Acts 4:28 To doe whatsoeuer thine hand, and thy counsell had determined before to be done.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "kings", "earth", "assembled", "rulers", "came", "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 "Which by the mouth of thy seruant..." into verse 27's "For doutlesse against thine holy Sonne Iesus...", 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.