Acts 13:27

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Acts 13:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible

25 As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’

26 Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

28 And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

29 When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

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Acts 3:17

And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

Luke 22:34

But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

John 8:28

So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

John 15:21

But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

John 16:3

They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

Romans 11:8

as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

Romans 11:9

And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

Romans 11:10

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

Romans 11:25

I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

1 Timothy 1:13

I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

Luke 24:44

Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

Luke 24:45

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Acts 13:14

And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

Acts 13:15

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”

Acts 15:21

For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

Acts 26:22

But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

Acts 26:23

that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Acts 28:23

So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

Genesis 50:20

As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

Matthew 26:54

But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

Matthew 26:55

At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.

Matthew 26:56

But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

Luke 24:20

Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.

Luke 24:24

Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”

John 19:28

After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

John 19:29

A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.

John 19:30

When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

John 19:36

Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

John 19:37

And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”