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

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)

22 (A)And truly the Son of Man goes (B)as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

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22 The Son of Man(A) will go as it has been decreed.(B) But woe to that man who betrays him!”

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28 (A)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

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28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.(A)

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18 But (A)those things which God foretold (B)by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

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18 But this is how God fulfilled(A) what he had foretold(B) through all the prophets,(C) saying that his Messiah would suffer.(D)

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10 (A)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
11 Calling a bird of prey (C)from the east,
The man (D)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed (E)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.

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10 I make known the end from the beginning,(A)
    from ancient times,(B) what is still to come.(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’
11 From the east I summon(E) a bird of prey;(F)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,(G) that I will do.(H)

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20 (A)But as for you, you meant evil against me; but (B)God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

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20 You intended to harm me,(A) but God intended(B) it for good(C) to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.(D)

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20 (A)He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was [a]manifest (B)in these last times for you

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  1. 1 Peter 1:20 revealed

20 He was chosen before the creation of the world,(A) but was revealed in these last times(B) for your sake.

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13 (A)The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, (B)glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you (C)delivered up and (D)denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. 14 But you denied (E)the Holy One (F)and the Just, and (G)asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and killed the [a]Prince of life, (H)whom God raised from the dead, (I)of which we are witnesses.

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  1. Acts 3:15 Or Originator

13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,(A) the God of our fathers,(B) has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over(C) to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate,(D) though he had decided to let him go.(E) 14 You disowned the Holy(F) and Righteous One(G) and asked that a murderer be released to you.(H) 15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.(I) We are witnesses(J) of this.

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27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, (A)because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.

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27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus,(A) yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets(B) that are read every Sabbath.

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24 The Son of Man indeed goes just (A)as it is written of Him, but (B)woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! (C)It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

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24 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him.(A) But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

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17 (as it is written, (A)“I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, (B)who gives life to the dead and calls those (C)things which do not exist as though they did;

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17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[a](A) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(B) to the dead and calls(C) into being things that were not.(D)

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  1. Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5

30 (A)The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by (B)hanging on a tree.

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30 The God of our ancestors(A) raised Jesus from the dead(B)—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross.(C)

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The Scriptures Opened

44 Then He said to them, (A)“These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” 45 And (B)He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.

46 Then He said to them, (C)“Thus it is written, [a]and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

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  1. Luke 24:46 NU that the Christ should suffer and rise

44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you:(A) Everything must be fulfilled(B) that is written about me in the Law of Moses,(C) the Prophets(D) and the Psalms.”(E)

45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer(F) and rise from the dead on the third day,(G)

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