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Acts 2:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed; "
Acts 2:23
Verse in Context
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21 It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
22 “Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,
23 him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
24 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
25 For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
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Acts 2:1
"Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place."
Acts 2:2
"Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting."
Acts 2:3
"Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them."
Acts 2:4
"They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak."
Acts 2:5
"Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky."
Acts 2:6
"When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language."
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