Acts 3:14
You rejected the one who is holy and good, and demanded a murderer be released to you.
Free Bible Version
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
15You killed the author of life, the one God raised from the dead—and we are witnesses to this.
Cross References
Zechariah 9:9Be happy and celebrate, people of Zion! Shout loudly, people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He does what is right and has salvation; he is humble, riding on a donkey—on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Mark 15:7One of the prisoners was a man called Barabbas who belonged to a group of rebels who had committed murder during an uprising.
Luke 1:35He replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you. The baby who is to be born is holy, and will be called the Son of God.
Luke 23:25He released the man imprisoned for rebellion and murder, but he sent Jesus to be put to death in accordance with their demands.
Acts 4:27Now this has really happened right here in this city! Both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the foreigners and the people of Israel, united together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed as Messiah.
Acts 22:14He told me, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, to see the one who is truly good and right, and to listen to what he has to say to you.
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 →