Acts 3:14
Yes you repudiated the holy and righteous One, and you asked that a murderer be granted to you,
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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
Cross References
Mark 15:7Well there was one called Barabbas, who had been bound with his fellow insurrectionists, who in the insurrection had committed murder.
Luke 1:35In answer the angel said to her: “Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will hover over you; precisely for this reason the holy One who is to be born will be called ‘Son of God’!
Luke 23:25He released the one who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
Acts 4:27Well, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with Gentiles and peoples of Israel, were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,
Acts 22:14Then he said: ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from 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 →