Acts 2:23
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 2
“Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:”Acts 2:23
What Does Acts 2:23 Mean?
Acts 2:23 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 2, verse 23 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Acts 2:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 50:20“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.”1 Peter 1:2“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.”John 3:14“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:”Acts 4:28“For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.”Luke 22:22“And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!”Acts 3:18“But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.”Genesis 45:5“Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.”Isaiah 46:10“Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:”John 19:11“Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.”Colossians 2:15“And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”1 Peter 1:20“Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,”Acts 3:13“The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.”Matthew 21:39“And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.”1 Thessalonians 2:15“Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:”Isaiah 37:26“Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.”Matthew 16:21“From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.”Matthew 20:18“Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,”Matthew 26:24“The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.”Acts 5:30“The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.”Acts 13:27“For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.”
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