Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
by the mouth of . . . David—to whom the Jews ascribed the second Psalm, though anonymous; and internal evidence confirms it. David's spirit sees with astonishment "the heathen, the people, the kings and princes of the earth," in deadly combination against the sway of Jehovah and His Anointed (his Messiah, or Christ), and asks "why" it is. This fierce confederacy our praying disciples see in full operation, in the "gathering together of Herod and Pilate, the Gentiles (the Roman authority), and the people of Israel, against God's holy Child ('Servant') Jesus." (See on Acts 3:13). The best ancient copies read, after "were gathered together," "in this city," which probably answers to "upon my holy hill of Zion," in the Psalms 2:6.
PETER AND JOHN DISMISSED FROM THE SAMHEDRIM, REPORT THE PROCEEDINGS TO THE ASSEMBLED DISCIPLES—THEY ENGAGE IN PRAYER—THE ASTONISHING ANSWER AND RESULTS. (Acts 4:23-37)
being let go, they went to their own company—Observe the two opposite classes, representing the two interests which were about to come into deadly conflict.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 4:25:
Psalms 2:1
Isaiah 49:7
Acts 4:23-30
2 Timothy 3:16
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