Acts 4:24 to Psalms 146:6

OT Source(s):

Psalms 146:6 (the LORD "who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them")

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Direct Quotation

Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression

Significance: The community's prayer in Acts 4:24 opens with the divine address "Sovereign Lord, You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them" (ho poiēsas ton ouranon kai tēn gēn kai tēn thalassan kai panta ta en autois), which is a verbatim citation of the LXX of Ps 146:6 (ton poiēsanta ton ouranon kai tēn gēn kai tēn thalassan kai panta ta en autois). This Creator-descriptor functions as a theological foundation for the petition: if God is sovereign Creator, then the threatening rulers (Acts 4:26-27) are acting within God's sovereign decree rather than against it. The prayer then cites Ps 2:1-2 (Acts 4:25-26) and identifies the current situation as the fulfillment of Psalm 2's scenario, so that the Ps 146:6 Creator affirmation grounds confidence that the same God who controls all creation also controls the "raging nations" Ps 2 addresses.