39But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
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There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
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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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