Acts 3:14
But you rejected the Holy and Just One, and demanded that a murderer should be given to you;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
In Context
15and you slew the Author of life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
Cross References
Mark 15:7And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with his fellow-insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said to her: The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; for which reason, also, that which is begotten, being holy, shall be called the Son of God.
Luke 23:25And he released him that for a seditious movement, and for murder, had been thrown into prison, whom they demanded; but Jesus, he delivered up to their will.
Acts 4:27For, in truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, did meet together,
Acts 22:14And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of his mouth;
Matthew Henry on Acts 3:13-26
Peter's Address after Healing the Cripple. 12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. 14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to… Read the whole commentary →