Act 5:38-39, 9:4-5, 12:1-2, 22-23 | ESV | STEP | So in the present case I tell you , keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking is of man , it will fail ;

a Lam. 3:37

b Prov. 21:30; Isa. 8:9, 10; Nah. 1:9

c 2 Chr. 13:12; [ch. 11:17]

d[Isa. 63:9; Zech. 2:8]

e[See ver. 4 above]

f Matt. 4:21; 20:23

g Heb. 11:37

h[2 Sam. 24:16; 2 Kgs. 19:35]; See ch. 8:26

i Ps. 115:1

Acts 5:38-39

38 So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for ^aif this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail; 39 but ^bif it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You ^cmight even be found opposing God!” So they took his advice,

Acts 9:4-5

4 And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting ^dme?” 5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, ^ewhom you are persecuting.

Acts 12:1-2

James Killed and Peter Imprisoned

1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed ^fJames the brother of John ^gwith the sword,

Acts 12:22-23

22 And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” 23 Immediately ^han angel of the Lord struck him down, because ⁱhe did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.