Calvinists like to present a string of "gotcha" Bible verses to prove their awful doctrines that denigrate God's character. However, these verses are usually misquoted and often are mistranslated. Acts 4:27-28 is one of many used by the Calvinist to teach that God controls all of the actions of men, including sinful ones.
However, when the words from this passage are translated from the Greek and rendered in the correct order then it presents Christ as the predetermined one who men sought to kill. Note how the one literal translation renders the passage:
"For truly both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together against Your holy child Jesus, whom You anointed, to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel before-determined to be done." (Green’s Literal Version; Emphasis added)
From this we can see that it was not the acts of murder by the religious leaders that were predetermined by God but our Lord’s mission to seek and save that which is lost.
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Good stuff. That is Adam Clarke's take on that passage too.
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