14 But (A)his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

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14 “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

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And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, (A)for they have not rejected you, (B)but they have rejected me from being king over them.

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And the Lord told him: “Listen(A) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,(B) but they have rejected me as their king.(C)

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51 (A)“You stiff-necked people, (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. (C)As your fathers did, so do you. 52 (D)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (E)the Righteous One, (F)whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

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51 “You stiff-necked people!(A) Your hearts(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(C) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(D)

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14 But you denied (A)the Holy and (B)Righteous One, and (C)asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and you killed (D)the Author of life, (E)whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

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14 You disowned the Holy(A) and Righteous One(B) and asked that a murderer be released to you.(C) 15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.(D) We are witnesses(E) of this.

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23 (A)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 (B)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, (C)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have (D)seen and hated both me and my Father.

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23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did,(A) they would not be guilty of sin.(B) As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

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The Hatred of the World

18 (A)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

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The World Hates the Disciples

18 “If the world hates you,(A) keep in mind that it hated me first.

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27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your (A)holy servant Jesus, (B)whom you anointed, both (C)Herod and (D)Pontius Pilate, along (E)with the Gentiles and (F)the peoples of Israel, 28 (G)to do whatever your hand and (H)your plan had predestined to take place.

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27 Indeed Herod(A) and Pontius Pilate(B) met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,(C) whom you anointed. 28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.(D)

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11 He came to (A)his own,[a] and (B)his own people[b] (C)did not receive him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:11 Greek to his own things; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people
  2. John 1:11 People is implied in Greek

11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(A)

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27 But (A)as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and (B)slaughter them before me.’”

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27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”

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In one month (A)I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

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In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested(A) me, and I grew weary of them

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Thus says the Lord,
    (A)the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
(B)to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
    the servant of rulers:
(C)“Kings shall see and arise;
    princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

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This is what the Lord says—
    the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(A)
to him who was despised(B) and abhorred by the nation,
    to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(C) will see you and stand up,
    princes will see and bow down,(D)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(E)
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(F) you.”

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The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

(A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
    and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed, saying,
“Let us (D)burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble

Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire[a]
    and the peoples plot(A) in vain?
The kings(B) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,(C) saying,
“Let us break their chains(D)
    and throw off their shackles.”(E)

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage