27:1 When 1 it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him. 27:2 They 2 tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate 3 the governor. 4
2:1 Why 6 do the nations rebel? 7
Why 8 are the countries 9 devising 10 plots that will fail? 11
2:2 The kings of the earth 12 form a united front; 13
the rulers collaborate 14
against the Lord and his anointed king. 15
2:3 They say, 16 “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! 17
Let’s free ourselves from 18 their ropes!”
2:4 The one enthroned 19 in heaven laughs in disgust; 20
the Lord taunts 21 them.
2:5 Then he angrily speaks to them
and terrifies them in his rage, 22 saying, 23
2:6 “I myself 24 have installed 25 my king
on Zion, my holy hill.”
4:27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against 26 your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 27 4:28 to do as much as your power 28 and your plan 29 had decided beforehand 30 would happen.