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Act 4:24. Ὁμοθύμαδον ᾖραν φωνὴν, with one accord they lifted up their voice) Peter even here seems to have led the way in this address to God: but the others also employed their voice. [The devotion of their minds was so much the more kindled thereby.-V. g.]-Δέσποτα) Lord of the family of believers.-σὺ, Thou) An enunciation, the subject of which is, Thou, O GOD, who hast made all things; then, understanding art, the predicate follows, [Thou art He] who hast spoken.-ὁ ποιήσας, who hast made) This is a lofty exordium, employed in prayers of more than ordinary solemnity. 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.” Neh 9:6. Therefore the will of GOD is done in the heaven, earth, and sea; and the will of men on the earth ought not to be set up against it, or be put before it: it is in vain that petty men make their attempts. The Creator even by miracles refutes them.