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Acts 2:23

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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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  1. Acts 4:28Rank 1 from verse 23
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    28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

  2. Acts 3:18Rank 2 from verse 23
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    18But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

  3. Genesis 50:20Rank 3 from verse 23
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    20But 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.

  4. Luke 22:22Rank 4 from verse 23
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    22And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!

  5. Isaiah 46:10–11Rank 5 from verse 23
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    10Declaring 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:

    11Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

  6. 1 Peter 1:20Rank 6 from verse 23
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    20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

  7. Acts 3:13–15Rank 7 from verse 23
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    13The 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.

    14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

    15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

  8. Acts 13:27Rank 8 from verse 23
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    27For 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.

  9. Acts 5:30Rank 9 from verse 23
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    30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

  10. Matthew 26:24Rank 10 from verse 23
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    24The 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.

  11. Acts 15:18Rank 11 from verse 23
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    18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

  12. Daniel 4:35Rank 12 from verse 23
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    35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

  13. John 19:31–37Rank 13 from verse 23
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    31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

    32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

    33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

    34But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

    35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

    36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

    37And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

  14. Jude 1:4Rank 14 from verse 23
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    4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

  15. Luke 22:37Rank 15 from verse 23
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    37For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

  16. Luke 24:20Rank 16 from verse 23
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    20And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

  17. Luke 24:44–46Rank 17 from verse 23
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    44And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

    45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

    46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

  18. Psalms 76:10Rank 18 from verse 23
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    10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

  19. Revelation 13:8Rank 19 from verse 23
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    8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

  20. Romans 4:17Rank 20 from verse 23
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    17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

  21. 1 Peter 1:2Rank 21 from verse 23
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    2Elect 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.

  22. Daniel 9:24–27Rank 22 from verse 23
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    24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

    25Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

    26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

    27And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

  23. Isaiah 10:6–7Rank 23 from verse 23
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    6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

    7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

  24. John 19:24Rank 24 from verse 23
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    24They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

  25. 1 Peter 2:8Rank 25 from verse 23
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    8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

  26. Acts 4:10–11Rank 26 from verse 23
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    10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

    11This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

  27. Acts 7:52Rank 27 from verse 23
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    52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

  28. Romans 11:33–36Rank 28 from verse 23
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    33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

    34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller?

    35Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

    36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

  29. Matthew 27:20–25Rank 29 from verse 23
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    20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

    21The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

    22Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

    23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

    24¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

    25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

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Acts 2:23

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delivered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

counsel

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1. A purpose, plan, design, or settled decision. 2. Advice, guidance, or direction. 3. Wisdom, judgment, or understanding for determining a course. 4. As a verb, to advise, direct, or recommend a course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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crucified

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1. Put to death by being fastened to a cross. 2. By figure, treated as crucified or put to death in relation to sin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:14¶ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

2:15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

2:16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

2:17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

2:18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

2:19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

2:20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

2:21And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

2:23Him, 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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2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

2:25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

2:26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

2:27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

2:28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

2:30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

2:31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

2:32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

2:33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

2:34For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

2:35Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

2:36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

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