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Why do the nations rage

Psalm 2 asks why kings and rulers gather against the LORD and His Anointed. The Jerusalem church prayed those words and named Herod, Pilate, the Gentiles, and Israel gathered against Jesus.

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Old TestamentPsalms 2:1-2Open this record
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New TestamentActs 4:25-26Open this record

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1Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? 2The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
Psalms 2:1-2 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “ ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 26The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one.’
Acts 4:25-26 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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Acts 4:25-26 quotes Psalms 2:1-2.

The praying church quotes the psalm about rulers gathering against the LORD's Anointed.

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