Acts 4:27 (GNV)

Passage

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,

Nearby Context

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.

Acts 4:29 And nowe, O Lord, beholde their threatnings, and graunt vnto thy seruants with all boldnesse to speake thy word,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "doutlesse", "against", "thine", "holy", "sonne", "iesus", "whome", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "doutlesse" 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 assembled and..." into verse 28's "To doe whatsoeuer thine hand and thy...", so "doutlesse" 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 "doutlesse" and "against" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.