4:28

They carried out: Here They refers to the people in 4:27a.

Your hand: This Greek idiom is used here to refer to “power.” For example:

your power (New International Version)

and will: Here this word means “plan, intention, purpose.” In some languages a verb must be used. For example:

what you planned

decided beforehand would happen: This phrase indicates here that God had already planned for those people to kill Jesus. Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

determined before to be done (King James Version)
-or-
already-decided should be fulfilled

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