14 (A)But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have 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, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for (A)they have not rejected you, but (B)they have rejected Me, that I should not reign 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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Israel Resists the Holy Spirit

51 You (A)stiff-necked[a] and (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 (C)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (D)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,

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  1. Acts 7:51 stubborn

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 One (B)and the Just, and (C)asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and killed the [a]Prince of life, (D)whom God raised from the dead, (E)of which we are witnesses.

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  1. Acts 3:15 Or Originator

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)He who hates Me hates My Father also. 24 If I had not done among them (B)the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have (C)seen and also 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 World’s Hatred

18 (A)“If the world hates you, you know that it 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 (A)truly against (B)Your holy Servant Jesus, (C)whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 (D)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

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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 (A)He came to His [a]own, and His [b]own did not receive Him.

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  1. John 1:11 His own things or domain
  2. John 1:11 His own people

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

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27 But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay 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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I [a]dismissed the three shepherds (A)in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

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  1. Zechariah 11:8 Or destroyed, lit. cut off

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,
The Redeemer of Israel, [a]their Holy One,
(A)To Him [b]whom man despises,
To Him whom the nation abhors,
To the Servant of rulers:
(B)“Kings shall see and arise,
Princes also shall worship,
Because of the Lord who is faithful,
The Holy One of Israel;
And He has chosen You.”

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  1. Isaiah 49:7 Lit. his or its
  2. Isaiah 49:7 Lit. who is despised of soul

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 Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom(A)

Why (B)do the [a]nations [b]rage,
And the people plot a [c]vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the (C)rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His (D)Anointed,[d] saying,
“Let (E)us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Gentiles
  2. Psalm 2:1 throng tumultuously
  3. Psalm 2:1 worthless or empty
  4. Psalm 2:2 Christ, Commissioned One, Heb. Messiah

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