38And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
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But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. …
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. …
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-42)We are not told what it was that the apostles preached to the people; no doubt it was according to the direction of the angel— the words of this life ; but what passed between them and the council we have here an account of; for in their sufferings there appeared more of a divine power and energy than even in their preaching. Now here we have, I. The seizing of the apostles a second time. We may t…
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