Acts 3:14

You rejected the Holy and Righteous One, and you asked instead for a murderer to be released to you.

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But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

In Context

13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. He is the one whom you delivered up and rejected before the face of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

15You killed the Founder of life, whom God raised from the dead—and we are witnesses of this.

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Cross References

Zechariah 9:9Shout with great joy, daughter of Zion! Shout with happiness, daughter of Jerusalem! 1 Behold! Your king is coming to you with righteousness 1 and is rescuing you. He is humble and is riding on a donkey, on the colt of a donkey. 1

Mark 15:7There with the rebels in prison, among the murderers held for their part in the rebellion, was a man named Barabbas.

Luke 1:35The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will come over you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

Luke 23:25He released the one they asked for who had been put in prison for rioting and murder. But he delivered up Jesus to their will.

Acts 4:27Indeed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together in this city 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, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the voice coming from his own 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 →

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