Acts 13:27
25 As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
26 Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
28 And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
29 When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
- KJV
- For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
- WEB
- For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
- ASV
- For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled [them] by condemning [him].
- DARBY
- for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, [by] judging [him].
- BLB
- For those dwelling in Jerusalem and their rulers, not having known Him and the voices of the prophets that are being read on every Sabbath, having condemned [Him], they fulfilled [them].
- ÅB
- For de som bor i Jerusalem, og deres rådsherrer kjente ham ikke, og ved å dømme ham oppfylte de profetenes ord som blir lest hver sabbat,
- OTB
- Folkene i Jerusalem og deres ledere gjenkjente ikke Jesus, men i å dømme Ham, oppfylte de profetenes ord som blir lest hver sabbat.
- B1930
- For de som bor i Jerusalem, og deres rådsherrer kjente ham ikke, og ved å dømme ham opfylte de profetenes ord som blir lest hver sabbat,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 3:17
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
Read in contextRomans 11:25
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Read in contextActs 15:21
For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
Read in contextLuke 24:20
Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
Read in contextActs 26:22–23
But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
Read in contextLuke 24:24–27
Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”
Read in contextRomans 11:8–10
as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
Read in contextActs 28:23
So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
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