Acts 4:28

Verse 28. For to do, etc. See Barnes "Ac 2:23"; See Barnes "Ac 3:18. The facts which are brought to view in these verses are among the most remarkable on record. They are briefly these: (1.) That the Jewish rulers were opposed to the Messiah, and slew him. (2.) That the very people to whom he came, and for whose benefit he laboured, joined in the opposition, so that it became the act of a united people. (3.) That the Romans who were there, as a sort of representation of all pagan nations, were easily prevailed on to join in the persecution, and to become the executioners. (4.) That thus opposite factions, and dissimilar and prejudiced people, became united in opposing the Messiah.