Psalms 2:1-5
The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed
1 aWhy do bthe nations rage ▼▼Or nations noisily assemble
and the peoples plot in vain?
2The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his dAnointed, saying,
3“Let us eburst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
4 He who fsits in the heavens glaughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
5Then he will speak to them in his hwrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
Mark 14:1
The Plot to Kill Jesus
1 iIt was now two days before jthe Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes kwere seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,Acts 4:5-8
5On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6with lAnnas the high priest and mCaiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, n“By what power or oby what name did you do this?” 8Then Peter, pfilled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,Acts 4:27-28
27for truly in this city there were gathered together against your qholy servant Jesus, rwhom you anointed, both sHerod and tPontius Pilate, along uwith the Gentiles and vthe peoples of Israel, 28 wto do whatever your hand and xyour plan had predestined to take place.
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