23On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
24When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David:
‘Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
26The kings of the earth take their stand
and the rulers gather together
against the Lord
and against His Anointed One.’
27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
— Acts 4:23-28

Related Resources from Heartlight

Your Plan and Your Power, God!
Devo: Unstoppable!

"As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said. When they heard..."

What to Do When Threatened
Devo: Unstoppable!

"As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said. When they heard..."

Acts 4:28
Devo: Verse of the Day

"[The evil men who killed Jesus] did what your power [O God,] and will had decided beforehand should happen. "

Putting It in Context
Devo: God's Holy Fire

"[Disciples praying to the Lord after Peter and John were released from jail:] "You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:..."