OET interlinear ACTs 4:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὅσα ἡ χείρ σου, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ σου προώρισεν γενέσθαι

as_much_as the hand (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ποιῆσαι ὅσα ἡ χείρ σοῦ καί ἡ βουλή σοῦ προώρισεν γενέσθαι)

Here, hand means God’s power and counsel means God’s plan. Alternate translation: [all that your power and your plan had predetermined to happen]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ὅσα ἡ χείρ σου, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ σου προώρισεν γενέσθαι

as_much_as the hand (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ποιῆσαι ὅσα ἡ χείρ σοῦ καί ἡ βουλή σοῦ προώρισεν γενέσθαι)

The words hand and counsel, joined by and, are expressing a single idea. The word hand, meaning “power,” tells by what means God intended to carry out his counsel, that is, his plan. Alternate translation: [all that you planned in advance to make happen by your power]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ὅσα ἡ χείρ σου, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ σου προώρισεν γενέσθαι

as_much_as the hand (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ποιῆσαι ὅσα ἡ χείρ σοῦ καί ἡ βουλή σοῦ προώρισεν γενέσθαι)

The believers are speaking of God’s hand and his counsel (that is, his power and his plan) as if they had predetermined what would happen to Jesus. They mean that God himself had done this. Alternate translation: [all that you planned in advance to make happen by your power]