Acts 1:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

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  • Ps 41:9 : 9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
  • Ps 55:12-15 : 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it. Neither was it one who hated me that exalted himself against me; then I would have hidden from him, 13 But it was you, a man my equal, my companion and my acquaintance. 14 We took sweet counsel together and walked to the house of God in company. 15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down alive into hell, for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
  • John 13:18 : 18 I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.
  • Matt 26:47 : 47 And while he yet spoke, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
  • John 12:38-40 : 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again, 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them.
  • Heb 3:7-8 : 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, in the day of temptation in the wilderness,
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 Searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating, when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
  • 2 Sam 23:2 : 2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and His word was on my tongue.
  • John 10:35 : 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken,
  • Acts 22:1 : 1 Men, brothers, and fathers, listen to my defense which I now present to you.
  • Acts 23:1 : 1 Paul, earnestly looking at the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
  • Acts 23:6 : 6 But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being questioned.
  • Acts 28:17 : 17 After three days, Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. When they had come together, he said to them, Men and brethren, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
  • Acts 28:25 : 25 And when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word, The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,
  • Matt 26:54 : 54 But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
  • Matt 26:56 : 56 But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
  • Mark 12:36 : 36 For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool.'
  • Mark 14:43 : 43 And immediately, while he yet spoke, came Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
  • John 18:2-8 : 2 And Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 Then Judas, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. 4 Jesus, knowing all things that would come upon him, went forth and said to them, Whom do you seek? 5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas, who betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon as he said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 Then he asked them again, Whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he; therefore, if you seek me, let these go their way,
  • John 19:28-30 : 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst. 29 Now there was a vessel full of vinegar set there: and they filled a sponge with vinegar and put it on hyssop and put it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
  • John 19:36 : 36 For these things were done so that the scripture would be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shall be broken.
  • Acts 1:20 : 20 For it is written in the Book of Psalms: Let his dwelling place be desolate, and let no one live in it, and, Let another take his office.
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by lawless hands have crucified and killed:
  • Acts 2:29-31 : 29 Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you about the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 He, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?'
  • Acts 4:25-28 : 25 Who by the mouth of Your servant David has said, Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things? 26 The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ. 27 For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
  • Acts 13:15 : 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak on.
  • Acts 13:26-29 : 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27 For those who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet they asked Pilate that he should be killed. 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
  • Acts 13:38 : 38 Let it be known to you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
  • Acts 15:7 : 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up and said to them, Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
  • Acts 15:13 : 13 And after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, listen to me:
  • Luke 22:47 : 47 And while he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him.
  • 2 Pet 2:21 : 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

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