KJV:
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
NASB:
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.
KJV:
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
NASB:
(he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God;
KJV:
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
NASB:
this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.
KJV:
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
NASB:
to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.
KJV:
And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
NASB:
"So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men, it will be overthrown;
KJV:
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
NASB:
"For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;
KJV:
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
NASB:
"For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.
KJV:
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
NASB:
Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.
KJV:
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
NASB:
The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;
KJV:
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
NASB:
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God.