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.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:23 Lit men without the Law; i.e., pagan

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)

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

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)purpose predestined to occur.

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  1. Acts 4:27 Or Son
  2. Acts 4:27 Or nations

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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and,

(A)A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;

(B)for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, (C)and to this they were also appointed.

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and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”[a](A)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14