Acts 4:24
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
KJV
οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἦραν φωνὴν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ εἶπαν, δέσποτα, σὺ ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς,
Greek NT
Qui cum audissent, unanimiter levaverunt vocem ad Deum, et dixerunt : Domine, tu es qui fecisti cælum et terram, mare et omnia quæ in eis sunt :
Vulgate
And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou that didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:
ASV
Who having heard it, with one accord lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art he that didst make heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are in them.
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In the original Greek
19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Ps 146:6 · adapted"Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:"Psalm 146: you made heaven and earth — the church prays citing the Creator
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- σὺ — SBLGNT
- σὺ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ὁ θεὸς — Robinson-Pierpont
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Doctrine of the rest of the apostles. 1. The Apostle Peter, therefore, after the resurrection of the Lord, and His assumption into the heavens, being desirous of filling up the number of the twelve apostles, and in electing into the place of Judas any substitute who should be chosen by God, thus addressed those who were present: Men [and] brethren, this Scripture must needs hav…
Q. What do you believe when you say: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth? A. That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and everything in them, who still upholds and rules them by his eternal counsel and providence, is my God and Father because of Christ his Son. I trust him so much that I do not …
Cross-references
- 1Thess 5:16 — Rejoice evermore.
- 2Kgs 19:15 — And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven an
- 2Kgs 19:19 — Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
- 2Tim 4:17 — Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- Acts 1:14 — These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
- Acts 2:1 — And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- Acts 14:15 — And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and
- Acts 17:24 — God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
- Exod 20:11 — For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
- Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Gen 2:1 — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Gen 45:5 — Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
- Isa 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- Jas 5:16 — Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
- Jer 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
- Jer 20:13 — Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
- Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
- Matt 18:19 — Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
- Neh 4:9 — Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
- Neh 9:6 — Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest t
- Ps 10:17 — LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- Ps 11:3 — If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
- Ps 55:16 — As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
- Ps 62:5 — My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
- Ps 124:8 — Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
- Ps 146:5 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
- Rom 15:6 — That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.