Acts 3:14

World English Bible (2000)

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

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  • Mark 1:24 : 24 saying, "Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"
  • Acts 4:27 : 27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 "To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: "He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
  • Acts 22:14 : 14 He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  • Luke 1:35 : 35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
  • Luke 23:18-19 : 18 But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"-- 19 one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.
  • Luke 23:25 : 25 He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.
  • Acts 2:27 : 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
  • Ps 16:10 : 10 For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
  • Mark 15:7 : 7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
  • Mark 15:11 : 11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

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  • Acts 3:13
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    13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

  • Acts 3:15
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    15and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.

  • Acts 7:51-52
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    51"You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.

    52Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

  • Acts 2:22-23
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    74%

    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 in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know,

    23him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

  • Jas 5:6
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    6You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary to all men;

  • Acts 5:30
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    30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.

  • Acts 13:27-28
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    72%

    27For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

    28Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

  • John 18:30-31
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    30They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."

    31Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"

  • Matt 27:20
    71%

    20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

  • Luke 23:23-25
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    23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

    24Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

    25He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

  • Mark 15:11-14
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    11But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

    12Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

    13They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

    14Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

  • Acts 4:27
    70%

    27"For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

  • Luke 24:20
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    20and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Acts 5:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

    28saying, "Didn't we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."

  • Mark 14:64
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    64You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death.

  • Acts 3:17
    69%

    17"Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

  • Mark 15:6-7
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    6Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

    7There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

  • John 18:39-40
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    39But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

    40Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

  • Mark 15:9
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    9Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • Luke 23:14
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    14and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

  • Acts 10:39
    69%

    39We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree.

  • Luke 23:21
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    21but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

  • Matt 27:17
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    17When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"

  • Mark 14:70
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    70But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it."

  • Mark 14:49
    68%

    49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

  • Acts 4:10-11
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    10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.

    11He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'

  • Matt 26:66
    68%

    66What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death!"

  • Acts 6:13
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    13and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

  • Mark 14:57
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    57Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,

  • Acts 4:19
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    19But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

  • Matt 27:23
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    23But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

  • Acts 24:6
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    6He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.

  • Matt 23:31
    67%

    31Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

  • Acts 13:30
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    30But God raised him from the dead,

  • Luke 23:19
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    19one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

  • John 7:25
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    25Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?