1. Actes 4:25–26 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

Which Psalm is being quoted and why?

Actes 4:25–26 (NEG79)

25 c'est toi qui as dit par le Saint-Esprit, par la bouche de notre père, ton serviteur David:Pourquoi ce tumulte parmi les nations,Et ces vaines pensées parmi les peuples?

The quotation comes from Psalm 2:1–2. The fact that this psalm has been referenced shows that the believers interpreted the hostility which they faced from the Jewish council as an example of hostility against God’s King. Opposition to God’s church is thus opposition to Jesus Christ (see Acts 9:4–5).1 It is futile to be opposed to God when he foresees all scheming.2