²⁰ As for you, ^(A)you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about ^[a]this present result, to preserve many people alive.

²³ this Man, delivered over by the ^(A)predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, ^(B)you nailed to a cross by the hands of ^[a]godless men and put Him to death.

²⁷ For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy ^[a](A)servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both ^(B)Herod and ^(C)Pontius Pilate, along with ^(D)the ^[b]Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, ²⁸ to do whatever Your hand and ^(E)Your purpose predestined to occur.

²⁷ For those who live in Jerusalem, and their ^(A)rulers, ^(B)recognizing neither Him nor the ^[a]utterances of ^(C)the prophets which are ^(D)read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

⁷ but we speak God’s wisdom in a ^(A)mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ^(B)predestined before the ^(C)ages to our glory; ⁸ the wisdom ^(D)which none of the rulers of ^(E)this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified ^(F)the Lord of glory;