Acts 2:23 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 2:23

He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

KJV

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

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Commentary

2 voices

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts (550)

Since they advanced in their daring by means of the cross, he also attempts to free them by saying, "and foreknowledge of God," at once showing that his suffering was voluntary and that he ministered to the predestined, but even while clearing them he does …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And yet he was approved of God, and there was nothing in this that signified the disapproving of him; for it was done by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, in infinite wisdom, and for holy ends, which Christ himself concurred in, and in the means leading to them. Thus divine justice must be satisfied, sinners saved, God and man brought together again, and Christ himself glorified.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Him, being delivered - ἔκδοτον ekdoton. This word, delivered, is used commonly of those who are surrendered or delivered into the hands of enemies or adversaries. It means that Jesus was surrendered, or given up to his enemies by those who should have been his protectors. Thus, he was delivered to the chief priests, Mar 10:33. Pilate released Barabbas, and delivered Jesus to their will, Mar 15:15; Luk 23:25. He was delivered unto the Gentiles, Luk 18:32; the chief priests delivered him to Pilate, Mat 27:2; and Pilate delivered him to be crucified, Mat 27:26; Joh 19:

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τοῦτον	touton	Him	G3778 →
τῇ	tēa	by the	G3588 →
ὡρισμένῃ	hōrismenē	determined	G3724 →
βουλῇ	boulēa	plan	G1012 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προγνώσει	prognōsei	foreknowledge	G4268 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ἔκδοτον	ekdoton	delivered up	G1560 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
χειρὸς	cheiros	hand	G5495 →
ἀνόμων	anomōn	lawless	G459 →
προσπήξαντες	prospēxantes	having crucified	G4362 →
ἀνείλατε,	aneilate	You executed,	G337 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 50:20
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
leads to
- Romans 8:28
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Psalms 119:71
  It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Genesis 45:5–8
  And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- Genesis 37:18–20
  Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
- Psalms 105:16–17
  He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
Through
Acts 4:28
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
leads to
- Matthew 26:24
  The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 3:18
But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
leads to
- Isaiah 53:1–12
  Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
- Acts 26:22–23
  But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen: