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 keep many people alive.

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  1. Genesis 50:20 Lit as this day

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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11 And now (A)many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be defiled,
And let our eyes [a]gloat over Zion!’
12 But they do not (B)know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His plan;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

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  1. Micah 4:11 Lit see with pleasure

11 But now many nations
    are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
    let our eyes gloat(A) over Zion!”
12 But they do not know
    the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,(B)
    that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

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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. 24 [b]But (C)God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the [c]agony of death, since it (D)was impossible for Him to be held [d]in its power.

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  1. Acts 2:23 Lit men without the Law; i.e., pagan
  2. Acts 2:24 Lit Whom God raised up
  3. Acts 2:24 Lit birth pains
  4. Acts 2:24 Lit by it

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

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