“The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.”
The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one.' — the Psalm 2 citation continues: rulers (archontes, rulers, magistrates) band together (syntassō, appoint together, band together, conspire) against the Lord and his Messiah. The application is clear: the Jewish council opposes not mere apostles but God's anointed one (Jesus). Opposition to the gospel is opposition to God.
Church Fathers on Acts 4:26
with one accord they lifted up their voice to God, and said: Acts 4:24 and with great earnestness, for it is no prayer made at random. Observe with what exquisite propriety their prayers are framed: thus, when they besought to be shown who was meet for the Apostleship, they said, You, Lord, which know the heart of all men, show: Acts 1:24 for it was a subject for Prescience there: but here, where the thing needed was that the mouths of their adversaries should be stopped,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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