Acts 4:28

4:28 to do as much as your power ¹  and your plan ²  had decided beforehand ³  would happen.

Acts 13:40

13:40 Watch out, ⁴  then, that what is spoken about by ⁵  the prophets does not happen to you:

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¹ tn Grk “hand,” here a metaphor for God’s strength or power or authority.

² tn Or “purpose,” “will.”

³ tn Or “had predestined.” Since the term “predestine” is something of a technical theological term, not in wide usage in contemporary English, the translation “decide beforehand” was used instead (see L&N 30.84). God’s direction remains as the major theme.

⁴ sn The speech closes with a warning, “Watch out,” that also stresses culpability.

⁵ tn Or “in.”