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!
Acts 4:28 - Easy To Read Version These people that ‘came together’ against Jesus made your plan happen; it happened because of your power and your will. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur. American Standard Version (1901) to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel foreordained to come to pass. Common English Bible They did what your power and plan had already determined would happen. Catholic Public Domain Version to do what your hand and your counsel had decreed would be done. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version To do what thy hand and thy counsel decreed to be done. |
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!
But wisdom and power belong to God.\par Good advice and understanding are his.\par
God, people respect you\par when you punish evil people.\par You show your anger,\par and the survivors {\cf2\super [434]} become stronger.\par
There is no person who is wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.
The Lord All-Powerful has made a promise. The Lord said, “I promise, these things will happen exactly like I thought. These things will happen exactly the way I planned.
This lesson comes from the Lord All-Powerful. The Lord gives wonderful advice. God is truly wise.
That is what you said.\}\par But haven’t you heard \{what I said\}?\par ‘I (God) planned it long ago,\par from ancient times I planned it.\par And now, I made it happen.\par I let you tear down the strong cities\par and change them into piles of rocks.\par
No person told the Lord’s Spirit\par what he should do.\par No person told the Lord\par how to do the things he did.\par
“In the beginning, I told you about the things that will happen in the end. A long time ago, I told you things that had not yet happened. When I plan something—that thing happens. I do the things I want to do.
Those people say, “We wish God would hurry and do the things he plans to do. Then we would know what will happen. We wish the Lord’s plan would happen soon. Then we would know what his plan is.”
The Lord decided to crush him. The Lord decided that he must suffer, so the Servant gave himself to be the one to die. But he will live a new life for a long, long time. He will see his people. He will complete the things the Lord wants him to do.
The Son of Man {\cf2\super [402]} will go \{and die\}. The Scriptures {\cf2\super [403]} say this will happen. But it will be very bad for the person that gives the Son of Man \{to be killed\}. It would be better for that person if he were never born.”
But this thing must happen this way so that it will be like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [410]} said.”
The Son of Man {\cf2\super [351]} will do what God has planned. But it will be very bad for that person who gives the Son of Man \{to be killed\}.”
Jesus was given to you, and you killed him. With the help of bad men you nailed Jesus to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. This was God’s plan. God made this plan long ago.
God said that these things would happen. God said through the prophets {\cf2\super [55]} that his Christ {\cf2\super [56]} would suffer and die. I have told you how God made this happen.
In Christ we were chosen \{to be God’s people\}. God had already planned for us to be his people, because that is what God wanted. And God is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.
God wanted to prove that his promise was true. God wanted to prove this to those people who would get what he promised. God wanted those people to understand clearly that his purposes (plans) never change. So God said something would happen, and he proved what he said by also making a vow (promise).