Acts 3:14
Yes, you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
Text-Critical English NT
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 put to death the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
Cross References
Mark 15:7And there was a man named Barabbas who was in prison with his fellow insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.
Luke 1:35The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon yoʋ, and the power of the Most High will overshadow yoʋ; therefore the holy child that is to be born will be called the Son of God.
Luke 23:25He released the man they had been asking for, who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he handed Jesus over to their will.
Acts 4:27For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against yoʋr holy servant Jesus, whom yoʋ anointed,
Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed yoʋ to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the voice coming 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 →