Acts 1:16

Good News Translation

“My friends,” he said, “the scripture had to come true in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, made a prediction about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2

The spirit of the Lord speaks through me; his message is on my lips.

2 Kings 15:12

So the promise was fulfilled which the Lord had made to King Jehu: “Your descendants down to the fourth generation will be kings of Israel.”

Psalm 41:9

Even my best friend, the one I trusted most, the one who shared my food, has turned against me.

Matthew 26:14

Then one of the twelve disciples—the one named Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests

Matthew 26:47

Jesus was still speaking when Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs and sent by the chief priests and the elders.

Matthew 26:54

But in that case, how could the Scriptures come true which say that this is what must happen?”

Matthew 26:56

But all this has happened in order to make come true what the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.” Then all the disciples left him and ran away.

Mark 12:36

The Holy Spirit inspired David to say: ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit here at my right side until I put your enemies under your feet.’

Mark 14:43

Jesus was still speaking when Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs and sent by the chief priests, the teachers of the Law, and the elders.

Luke 22:47

Jesus was still speaking when a crowd arrived, led by Judas, one of the twelve disciples. He came up to Jesus to kiss him.

John 10:35

We know that what the scripture says is true forever; and God called those people gods, the people to whom his message was given.

John 13:18

“I am not talking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the scripture must come true that says, ‘The man who shared my food turned against me.’

John 17:12

While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost—so that the scripture might come true.

John 19:36

This was done to make the scripture come true: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”

Acts 1:20

“For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘May his house become empty; may no one live in it.’ It is also written, ‘May someone else take his place of service.’

Acts 13:15

After the reading from the Law of Moses and from the writings of the prophets, the officials of the synagogue sent them a message: “Friends, we want you to speak to the people if you have a message of encouragement for them.”

Acts 13:38

All of you, my fellow Israelites, are to know for sure that it is through Jesus that the message about forgiveness of sins is preached to you; you are to know that everyone who believes in him is set free from all the sins from which the Law of Moses could not set you free.

Acts 15:13

When they had finished speaking, James spoke up: “Listen to me, my friends!

Acts 15:7

After a long debate Peter stood up and said, “My friends, you know that a long time ago God chose me from among you to preach the Good News to the Gentiles, so that they could hear and believe.

Acts 2:23

In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you; and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him.

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they were deeply troubled and said to Peter and the other apostles, “What shall we do, brothers?”

Acts 22:1

“My fellow Jews, listen to me as I make my defense before you!”

Acts 23:1

Paul looked straight at the Council and said, “My fellow Israelites! My conscience is perfectly clear about the way in which I have lived before God to this very day.”

Acts 23:6

When Paul saw that some of the group were Sadducees and the others were Pharisees, he called out in the Council, “Fellow Israelites! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. I am on trial here because of the hope I have that the dead will rise to life!”

Acts 28:17

After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders to a meeting. When they had gathered, he said to them, “My fellow Israelites, even though I did nothing against our people or the customs that we received from our ancestors, I was made a prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

Acts 28:25

So they left, disagreeing among themselves, after Paul had said this one thing: “How well the Holy Spirit spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors!

Acts 7:2

Stephen answered, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! Before our ancestor Abraham had gone to live in Haran, the God of glory appeared to him in Mesopotamia

1 Peter 1:11

They tried to find out when the time would be and how it would come. This was the time to which Christ's Spirit in them was pointing, in predicting the sufferings that Christ would have to endure and the glory that would follow.

2 Peter 1:21

For no prophetic message ever came just from the human will, but people were under the control of the Holy Spirit as they spoke the message that came from God.

2 Peter 2:21

It would have been much better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and then turn away from the sacred command that was given them.