Psa 2:1-9, Luk 19:42-44, 20:18-19, Act 2:37, 41, 5:33, 7:54 | ESV | STEP | Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain ?

Psalms 2:1-9

The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed

1 ^aWhy do ^bthe nations rage ^{▼▼Or nations noisily assemble}
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The 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.
5 Then he will speak to them in his ^hwrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6 “As for me, I have ⁱset my King
on ^jZion, my ^kholy hill.”
7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, ^l“You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and ^mthe ends of the earth your possession.
9 You shall ⁿbreak ^{▼▼Revocalization yields (compare Septuagint) You shall rule} them with ^pa rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like ^qa potter’s vessel.”

Luke 19:42-44

42 saying, ^r“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now ^sthey are hidden from your eyes. 43 For ^tthe days will come upon you, when your enemies ^uwill set up a barricade around you and ^vsurround you and hem you in on every side 44 ^wand tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And ^xthey will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know ^ythe time of your ^zvisitation.”

Luke 20:18-19

18 ^aaEveryone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls ^abon anyone, it will crush him.”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

19 ^acThe scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

Acts 2:37

37 Now when ^adthey heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, ^aewhat shall we do?”

Acts 2:41

41 So those who received his word were baptized, and ^afthere were added that day about three thousand souls.

Acts 5:33

33 When they heard this, they ^agwere enraged and wanted to kill them.

Acts 7:54

The Stoning of Stephen

54 Now when they heard these things ^ahthey were enraged, and they ^aiground their teeth at him.