Acts 3:14
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
Majority Standard Bible
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, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.
Cross References
Zechariah 9:9Rejoice 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.
Mark 15:7And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with his fellow rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.
Luke 1:35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
Luke 23:25As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over to their will.
Acts 4:27In fact, Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
Acts 22:14Then 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.
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 →