...counsel and foreknowledge of God ye have taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain." " But ye denied the holy one and the just, and desired a...granted unto you, and killed the Prince of life." Paul also labored under the same mistake ; for he said of the Jews, that they both " killed the Lord...

...souls." In the next chapter he discoursed much after the same manner, and with the like good effect. " Ye denied the Holy One, and the Just, and desired...be granted unto you, and killed the Prince of Life, whom God hath raised from the dead," Acts iii. 14. Yet he does not discourage them from seeking pardon,...

...seen his miracles, and heard his words ! Observe the language of Peter to the Jews of Jerusalem : " Ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you — and now brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as (did) also your rulers."* And what man of...

...ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate when he was determined to let him go ; but ye denied the holy one and the just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you." When they delivered him up, he was bound to judge, and when they denied him. he was obliged to receive...

...distinction of putting to death the anointed of God. No wonder they writhed under the charge of Peter, " Ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a...granted unto you ; and killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead." Under the influence of similar feelings, and desirous to " justify,"...

...people, and they had anointed him king, as their descendants did long years afterwards when they " denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted " unto them. David was obliged to leave his city ; and we read that " the king went forth, and all the people...

...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...

...individuals who killed him. Peter and Paul would amplify on this in later sermons (Acts 3:14, 15, 17): "But n the midst of the throne and of the four beasts,...midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slai whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. And now, brethren, I wot that through...

...ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a...be granted unto you; and killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead (Acts 3.13-15). He attacks them, and their rulers and governors....

...themselves, in saying that not by their own power they wrought the miracle. As to Christ." etc. "But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a...murderer to be granted unto you ; and killed the Prince (or Author) of Life : Whom God hath raised from the dead ; whereof we are witnesses." (v. 14, 15.)...