Acts 4:28

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

These people who came together against Jesus made your plan happen. It was done because of your power and your will.

Cross References

Acts 2:23

Jesus was handed over to you, and you killed him. With the help of evil men, you nailed him to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. It was his plan—a plan he made long ago.

Isaiah 46:10

“In the beginning, I told you what would happen in the end. A long time ago, I told you things that have not happened yet. When I plan something, it happens. I do whatever I want to do.

Genesis 50:20

It is true that you planned to do something bad to me. But really, God was planning good things. God’s plan was to use me to save the lives of many people. And that is what happened.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will suffer what the Scriptures say will happen to him. But it will be very bad for the one who hands over the Son of Man to be killed. It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

Acts 3:18

But God said these things would happen. Through the prophets he said that his Messiah would suffer and die. I have told you how God made this happen.

Isaiah 53:10

But the Lord was pleased with this humble servant who suffered such pain. Even after giving himself as an offering for sin, he will see his descendants and enjoy a long life. He will succeed in doing what the Lord wanted.

Hebrews 6:17

God wanted to prove that his promise was true. He wanted to prove this to those who would get what he promised. He wanted them to understand clearly that his purposes never change. So God said something would happen, and he proved what he said by adding an oath.

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people. God had already planned for us to be his people, because that is what he wanted. And he is the one who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

Luke 22:22

The Son of Man will do what God has planned. But it will be very bad for the one who hands over the Son of Man to be killed.”

Matthew 26:54

But it must happen this way to show the truth of what the Scriptures said.”

Isaiah 40:13

Who could know the Lord’s mind? Who could be his teacher or give him advice?

Isaiah 28:29

This lesson comes from the Lord All-Powerful, who gives wonderful advice. He is very wise.

Isaiah 5:19

They say, “We wish God would hurry and do what he plans to do so that we can see it. Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel happen soon so that we can know what it is.”

Proverbs 21:30

There is no one wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.

Psalm 76:10

Even human anger can bring you honor when you use it to punish your enemies.

Job 12:13

But wisdom and power belong to God. Good advice and understanding are his.

Isaiah 14:24

The Lord All-Powerful made this promise: “This will happen exactly as I meant for it to happen. It will happen just the way I planned.

Isaiah 37:26

‘How could you say this, Sennacherib? Did no one ever tell you that I, the Lord, planned these things long ago? From ancient times I decided what would happen. And now I have made it happen. I let you tear down strong cities and change them into piles of rocks.