Acts 4:28

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

Ge 50:20; Job 12:13; Ps 76:10; Pr 21:30; Isa 5:19; Isa 28:29; Isa 40:13; Isa 46:10; Isa 53:10; Mt 26:24,54; Lu 22:22; Lu 24:44-46; Ac 2:23; Ac 3:18; Ac 13:27-29; Eph 1:11; Heb 6:17; 1Pe 2:7,8

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.