Acts 2:23

New Century Version

Jesus was given to you, and with the help of those who don’t know the law, you put him to death by nailing him to a cross. But this was God’s plan which he had made long ago; he knew all this would happen.

Cross References

Genesis 50:20

You meant to hurt me, but God turned your evil into good to save the lives of many people, which is being done.

Psalm 76:10

People praise you for your anger against evil. Those who live through your anger are stopped from doing more evil.

Isaiah 37:26

“ ‘King of Assyria, surely you have heard. Long ago I, the Lord, planned these things. Long ago I designed them, and now I have made them happen. I allowed you to turn those strong, walled cities into piles of rocks.

Daniel 4:35

People on earth are not truly important. God does what he wants with the powers of heaven and the people on earth. No one can stop his powerful hand or question what he does.

Matthew 20:19

They will give the Son of Man to the non-Jewish people to laugh at him and beat him with whips and crucify him. But on the third day, he will be raised to life again.”

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But how terrible it will be for the person who hands the Son of Man over to be killed. It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

Matthew 27:35

When the soldiers had crucified him, they threw lots to decide who would get his clothes.

Mark 15:24

The soldiers crucified Jesus and divided his clothes among themselves, throwing lots to decide what each soldier would get.

Luke 22:22

What God has planned for the Son of Man will happen, but how terrible it will be for that one who turns against the Son of Man.”

Luke 22:37

The Scripture says, ‘He was treated like a criminal,’ and I tell you this scripture must have its full meaning. It was written about me, and it is happening now.”

Luke 23:33

When they came to a place called the Skull, the soldiers crucified Jesus and the criminals—one on his right and the other on his left.

Luke 24:20

Our leaders and the leading priests handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him.

John 19:18

There they crucified Jesus. They also crucified two other men, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

John 19:24

So the soldiers said to each other, “We should not tear this into parts. Let’s throw lots to see who will get it.” This happened so that this Scripture would come true: “They divided my clothes among them, and they threw lots for my clothing.” So the soldiers did this.

Acts 13:27

Those who live in Jerusalem and their leaders did not realize that Jesus was the Savior. They did not understand the words that the prophets wrote, which are read every Sabbath day. But they made them come true when they said Jesus was guilty.

Acts 15:18

And these things have been known for a long time.’

Acts 2:36

“So, all the people of Israel should know this truly: God has made Jesus —the man you nailed to the cross—both Lord and Christ.”

Acts 3:18

God said through the prophets that his Christ would suffer and die. And now God has made these things come true in this way.

Acts 4:28

These people made your plan happen because of your power and your will.

Acts 5:28

saying, “We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in that name. But look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are trying to make us responsible for this man’s death.”

Acts 5:30

You killed Jesus by hanging him on a cross. But God, the God of our ancestors, raised Jesus up from the dead!

Acts 7:52

Your ancestors tried to hurt every prophet who ever lived. Those prophets said long ago that the One who is good would come, but your ancestors killed them. And now you have turned against and killed the One who is good.

Romans 2:12

People who do not have the law and who are sinners will be lost, although they do not have the law. And, in the same way, those who have the law and are sinners will be judged by the law.

Romans 4:17

As it is written in the Scriptures: “I am making you a father of many nations.” This is true before God, the God Abraham believed, the God who gives life to the dead and who creates something out of nothing.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and forced us to leave that country. They do not please God and are against all people.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people, which is the Spirit’s work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood of the death of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be yours more and more.

1 Peter 1:20

Christ was chosen before the world was made, but he was shown to the world in these last times for your sake.

1 Peter 2:8

Also, he is “a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they do not obey what God says, which is what God planned to happen to them.

Jude 1:4

Some people have secretly entered your group. Long ago the prophets wrote about these people who will be judged guilty. They are against God and have changed the grace of our God into a reason for sexual sin. They also refuse to accept Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Revelation 13:8

And all who live on earth will worship the beast—all the people since the beginning of the world whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the One who was killed.