Act 2:23, 4:28 | JFB | STEP | 23. determinate counsel and foreknowledge —God's fixed plan and perfect foresight of all the steps involved in it. ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain —How strikingly is the criminality of Christ's murderers here presented in harmony with the eternal purpose to surrender Him into their hands!

Acts 2:23

23. determinate counsel and foreknowledge—God's fixed plan and perfect foresight of all the steps involved in it.

ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain—How strikingly is the criminality of Christ's murderers here presented in harmony with the eternal purpose to surrender Him into their hands!

Acts 4:28

28. thy hand and thy counsel determined . . . to be done—that is, "Thy counsel" determined to be done by "Thy hand."