Acts 1:16

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Acts 1:16

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Summary

Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

Men

Acts 28:17

This

Which the

Spake

John 18:2

General references

Matthew 26:54

1 Timothy 5:24

Bible References

Men

“Brothers, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

“Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them: “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.

“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

Paul looked intently at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience until this day.”

After three days he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered he said to them: “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

This

Though He was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail Him to a cross and kill Him.

For the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers, since they did not recognize Him or the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled their words by condemning Him.

How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

If He called those whom the word of God came to ‘gods’—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

But this was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said:

Lord, who has believed our message?
And who has the arm

of the Lord

been revealed to?

After this, when Jesus knew that everything was now accomplished that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He said, “I’m thirsty!”

Which the

Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants

on his throne.

You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David Your servant:

Why did the Gentiles rage
and the peoples plot futile things?

Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement: “The Holy Spirit correctly spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors

The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me,
His word was on my tongue.

David himself says by the Holy Spirit:

The Lord

declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at My right hand

until I put Your enemies under Your feet.’

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

Today, if you hear His voice,

They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified in advance to the messianic sufferings

and the glories that would follow.

For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them.

Spake

Even my friend in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.

While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob, with swords and clubs, was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats My bread

has raised his heel against Me.

Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with His disciples.

General references

How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

Some people’s sins are obvious, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others surface later.