TSK · Acts 12:4

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, [even] the people of Mordecai.

¶ [There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

¶ Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth [it] not?

But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.

‹But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute› [you], ‹delivering› [you] ‹up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.›

¶ Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, ‹Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.›

‹Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry› [thee] ‹whither thou wouldest not.›

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to prison.