KJV King James Version
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let [him] go.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let [him] go.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
WEB World English Bible
The 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.
ASV American Standard Version
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify His child Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, he having given judgment to release him,
Surrounding context — Acts 3
10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
12 And when Peter saw [it], he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let [him] go.
14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodἈβραὰμG11 · AbraamAbrahamκαὶG2532 · kaiandἸσαὰκG2464 · IsaakIsaacκαὶG2532 · kaiandἸακώβ,G2384 · IakōbJacobὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατέρωνG3962 · patērfatherἡμῶν,G3165 · memeἐδόξασενG1392 · doxazōto glorifyτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπαῖδαG3816 · paischildαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heἸησοῦνG2424 · IēsousJesusὃνG3739 · hos, hēwhichὑμεῖςG4771 · suyouμὲνG3303 · menon the other handπαρεδώκατεG3860 · paradidōmito deliverκαὶG2532 · kaiandἠρνήσασθεG720 · arneomaito denyκατὰG2596 · kataaccording toπρόσωπονG4383 · prosōponfaceΠιλάτουG4091 · PilatosPilateκρίναντοςG2919 · krinōto judgeἐκείνουG1565 · ekeinosthatἀπολύειν·G630 · apoluōto release: release
Cross-references
Matthew 22:32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.Acts 7:32[Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.Matthew 27:17-25Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?John 19:15But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.John 19:12And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.Philippians 2:9-11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:Exodus 3:6Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.Luke 23:16-23I will therefore chastise him, and release [him].John 18:40Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.Revelation 1:5And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,Hebrews 11:9-16By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:Mark 15:11But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.Matthew 27:2And when they had bound him, they led [him] away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.John 16:14-15He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you.Acts 22:14And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.Revelation 1:18[I am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.Acts 5:30-31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
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