23 this man, delivered up by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by[a] nailing to a cross[b] through the hand of lawless men. 24 God raised him[c] up, having brought to an end the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:23 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“nailing to”) which is understood as means
  2. Acts 2:23 The words “a cross” are not in the Greek text but are implied by the nature of the verb
  3. Acts 2:24 Literally “whom”; it is necessary to specify “him” in the translation to avoid confusion with the “lawless men” in the previous verse