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Acts 3:14

Jesus

12 And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

15 You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.

16 By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.

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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.

Compare

BSB
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
KJV
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
WEB
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
ASV
But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,
DARBY
But *ye* denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man [that was] a murderer should be granted to you;
BLB
But you⁺ denied the Holy and Righteous One and requested a man, a murderer, to be granted to you⁺.
ÅB
men dere fornektet den hellige og rettferdige og ba at en morder måtte gis dere,
OTB
Dere fornektet Den hellige og rettferdige og ba om at en morder skulle bli løslatt til dere.
B1930
men I fornektet den hellige og rettferdige og bad at en morder måtte gis eder,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 1:24

    “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

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  • Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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  • 1 Peter 3:18

    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

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  • Acts 4:27

    In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

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  • Luke 23:18–19

    But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”

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  • Acts 22:14

    Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.

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  • Zechariah 9:9

    Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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  • James 5:6

    You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

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