And at the feast the procurator was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose;

And at the feast he released to them a prisoner, whomsoever they chose.

till the day that having given charge to the apostles whom he chose by the Holy Spirit he was taken up;

The God of this people chose our fathers, and raised up the people in the exile in the land of Egypt, and brought them out of it with a high arm.

And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, Men and brothers, you know that in former days God chose among you that the gentiles should hear by my mouth the word of the gospel and believe.

And he said, The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth,

as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him,

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you to salvation by purification of spirit, and belief of the truth,