23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

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23 This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge;(A) and you, with the help of wicked men,[a] put him to death by nailing him to the cross.(B)

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  1. Acts 2:23 Or of those not having the law (that is, Gentiles)

23 Him, (A)being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, (B)you [a]have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;

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  1. Acts 2:23 NU omits have taken

24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

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24 But God raised him from the dead,(A) freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.(B)

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24 (A)whom God raised up, having [a]loosed the [b]pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

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  1. Acts 2:24 destroyed or abolished
  2. Acts 2:24 Lit. birth pangs