Acts 2:23

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

Genesis 50:20

You plotted evil against me, but God turned it into good, in order to preserve the lives of many people who are alive today because of what happened.

Psalm 76:10

Human anger only results in more praise for you; those who survive the wars will keep your festivals.

Isaiah 37:26

“Have you never heard that I planned all this long ago? And now I have carried it out. I gave you the power to turn fortified cities into piles of rubble.

Daniel 4:35

He looks on the people of the earth as nothing; angels in heaven and people on earth are under his control. No one can oppose his will or question what he does.

Matthew 20:19

and then hand him over to the Gentiles, who will make fun of him, whip him, and crucify him; but three days later he will be raised to life.”

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will die as the Scriptures say he will, but how terrible for that man who will betray the Son of Man! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!”

Matthew 27:35

They crucified him and then divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.

Mark 15:24

Then they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves, throwing dice to see who would get which piece of clothing.

Luke 22:22

The Son of Man will die as God has decided, but how terrible for that man who betrays him!”

Luke 22:37

For I tell you that the scripture which says, ‘He shared the fate of criminals,’ must come true about me, because what was written about me is coming true.”

Luke 23:33

When they came to the place called “The Skull,” they crucified Jesus there, and the two criminals, one on his right and the other on his left.

Luke 24:20

Our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and he was crucified.

John 19:18

There they crucified him; and they also crucified two other men, one on each side, with Jesus between them.

John 19:24

The soldiers said to one another, “Let's not tear it; let's throw dice to see who will get it.” This happened in order to make the scripture come true: “They divided my clothes among themselves and gambled for my robe.” And this is what the soldiers did.

Acts 13:27

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their leaders did not know that he is the Savior, nor did they understand the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. Yet they made the prophets' words come true by condemning Jesus.

Acts 15:18

So says the Lord, who made this known long ago.’

Acts 2:36

“All the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure that this Jesus, whom you crucified, is the one that God has made Lord and Messiah!”

Acts 3:18

God announced long ago through all the prophets that his Messiah had to suffer; and he made it come true in this way.

Acts 4:28

They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.

Acts 5:28

“We gave you strict orders not to teach in the name of this man,” he said; “but see what you have done! You have spread your teaching all over Jerusalem, and you want to make us responsible for his death!”

Acts 5:30

The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross.

Acts 7:52

Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.

Romans 2:12

The Gentiles do not have the Law of Moses; they sin and are lost apart from the Law. The Jews have the Law; they sin and are judged by the Law.

Romans 4:17

as the scripture says, “I have made you father of many nations.” So the promise is good in the sight of God, in whom Abraham believed—the God who brings the dead to life and whose command brings into being what did not exist.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us. How displeasing they are to God! How hostile they are to everyone!

1 Peter 1:2

You were chosen according to the purpose of God the Father and were made a holy people by his Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be purified by his blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure.

1 Peter 1:20

He had been chosen by God before the creation of the world and was revealed in these last days for your sake.

1 Peter 2:8

And another scripture says, “This is the stone that will make people stumble, the rock that will make them fall.” They stumbled because they did not believe in the word; such was God's will for them.

Jude 1:4

For some godless people have slipped in unnoticed among us, persons who distort the message about the grace of our God in order to excuse their immoral ways, and who reject Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. Long ago the Scriptures predicted the condemnation they have received.

Revelation 13:8

All people living on earth will worship it, except those whose names were written before the creation of the world in the book of the living which belongs to the Lamb that was killed.