Act 4:24-31 | TNotes

Summary for Acts 4:25-26: 4:25-26 ^a This passage quotes Ps 2:1-2 ^b, which describes the response of the Gentile nations to the Lord’s anointed king. In a similar manner, the Jews and Gentiles in Jerusalem had gathered together against Jesus and now against his followers.
4:26 ^c The Hebrew term Messiah (“anointed one”) originally referred to Israel’s anointed king; it came to refer to the Messiah, the coming King of Israel who would establish God’s Kingdom forever (2 Sam 7:14-16 ^d; Ps 89:36-37 ^e; Isa 9:6-7 ^f; 11:1-9 ^g; 61:1 ^h; Jer 23:5-6 ⁱ; 33:14-16 ^j; Luke 1:32-33 ^k).
4:28 ^l God’s hand had been directing events all along in order to achieve his purpose. A similar awareness of God’s hand guiding the affairs of his people is found in the Old Testament (cp. Ezra 7:6 ^m, 9 ⁿ, 28 ^o; 8:18 ^p, 31 ^q; Neh 2:8 ^r, 18 ^s; Eccl 9:1 ^t; Ezek 8:1 ^u; Rom 8:28 ^v; 1 Pet 5:6 ^w).