Acts 3:14

Bible in Basic English

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you.

King James Version (1611)
But ye denied the Holy one, and the Iust, and desired a murderer to be granted vnto you,

King James Version
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

English Standard Version
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

New American Standard Bible
"But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

New Century Version
You did not want the One who is holy and good but asked Pilate to give you a murderer instead.

Amplified Bible
"But you disowned and denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Legacy Standard Bible
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Berean Standard Bible
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

Contemporary English Version
You rejected Jesus, who was holy and good. You asked for a murderer to be set free,

Complete Jewish Bible
You denied the holy and innocent one, and instead asked for the reprieve of a murderer!

Darby Translation
But *ye* denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man [that was] a murderer should be granted to you;

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus was holy and good, but you said you did not want him. You told Pilate to give you a murderer instead of Jesus.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But ye denied the Holy one and the Iust, and desired a murtherer to be giuen you,

George Lamsa Translation
But you denied the Holy One and the Righteous and asked a murderer to be given to you;

Good News Translation
He was holy and good, but you rejected him, and instead you asked Pilate to do you the favor of turning loose a murderer.

Lexham English Bible
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and demanded that a man—a murderer—be granted to you.

Literal Translation
But you denied the Holy and Just One , and asked for a man, a murderer, to be granted to you.

American Standard Version
But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,

Hebrew Names Version
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

International Standard Version
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you,Psalm 16:10; Mark 1:24; Luke 1:35; Acts 2:27; 4:27; 7:52; 22:14;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
but you the Holy and the Just denied, and demanded for you the man the murderer to be given to you.

Murdock Translation
But ye denied the holy and just One, and demanded that a murderer should be released to you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But ye denyed the holy and iust, and desired a murtherer to be geuen you,

English Revised Version
But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,

World English Bible
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But ye renounced the holy one and the just, and desired a murderer to be granted you.

Weymouth's New Testament
Yes, you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favour the release of a murderer.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But ye denyeden the hooli and the riytful, and axiden a mansleer to be youun to you.

Update Bible Version
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a man [who was] a murderer to be granted to you,

Webster's Bible Translation
But ye denied the Holy One, and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you,

New English Translation
But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

New King James Version
But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

New Living Translation
You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.

New Life Bible
But you turned your backs against the Holy and Right One. Then you asked for a man who had killed someone to go free.

New Revised Standard
But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, ye, denied, the Holy and Righteous One, and claimed a man that was a murderer to be granted you;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But you denied the Holy One and the Just: and desired a murderer to be granted unto you.

Revised Standard Version
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But ye denyed the holy and iust and desyred a mortherar to be geven you

Young's Literal Translation
and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man -- a murderer -- to be granted to you,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye denyed the holy and iust, and desyred the murthurer to be geuen you,

Mace New Testament (1729)
but ye renounced him that was holy and just; you interceeded for the life of a murderer,

Simplified Cowboy Version
You double-crossed God's Top Hand and chose instead to release a murderer.

Contextual Overview

¹² And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs? ¹³ The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free. ¹⁴ But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you, ¹⁵ And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses. ¹⁶ And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all. ¹⁷ And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge. ¹⁸ But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way. ¹⁹ So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord; ²⁰ And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus: ²¹ Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Holy One: Acts 2:27, Acts 4:27, Acts 7:52, Acts 22:14, Psalms 16:10, Zechariah 9:9, Mark 1:24, Luke 1:35, James 5:6, 1 Peter 3:18, 1 John 2:1, Revelation 3:7

desired: Mark 15:7, Luke 23:19

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:6 - the whole Psalms 118:23 - the Lord's doing Isaiah 29:21 - and turn Isaiah 57:15 - whose Daniel 9:24 - the most Amos 5:12 - they afflict Habakkuk 1:12 - mine Matthew 12:32 - whosoever Matthew 17:12 - Likewise Matthew 21:39 - slew Matthew 27:16 - a Matthew 27:20 - should Matthew 27:24 - just Mark 10:33 - deliver Mark 15:11 - General Luke 4:34 - the Holy One Luke 12:9 - he Luke 13:34 - and ye Luke 19:14 - General Luke 22:57 - he denied Luke 23:18 - they Luke 23:25 - whom John 16:9 - General John 18:40 - General Acts 10:39 - whom Acts 13:28 - General Hebrews 7:26 - holy 2 Peter 2:1 - denying 1 John 2:20 - the Holy 1 John 2:29 - he is Revelation 3:8 - and hast not

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?

Genesis 3:15
And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.

Genesis 3:20
And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.

Genesis 9:6
Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

Leviticus 20:25
So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.

Psalms 72:9
Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

Isaiah 29:4
And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.

Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb will take their food together, and the lion will make a meal of grass like the ox: but dust will be the snake's food. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

Micah 7:17
They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But ye denied the Holy One, and the just,.... Who is "holy" both in his divine and human nature, and the fountain of holiness to his people; see Psalms 16:10 and who is "just" or "righteous", both in his person, and in the discharge of his office, and has wrought a righteousness for his people, which is imputed to them. These characters may have a particular regard to the purity of Christ, as man, and to the innocence of his life, and the harmlessness of his actions, in opposition to the unjust charges of his enemies, and the base treatment he met with from them who denied him to be the Christ, the Redeemer and Saviour:

and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; when it was put to their choice, who they would have released, Christ or Barabbas; they requested it as a favour, and desired they might be gratified in having Barabbas, a thief, and a robber, who, with others, had raised an insurrection, and committed murder in it, released, and Christ crucified. They desired an act of grace for him, and a sentence of condemnation to a most shameful and painful death on Christ.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Holy One ... - See Psalms 16:10. Compare the notes on Acts 2:27.

And the Just - The word “just” here denotes “innocent,” or “one who was free from crime.” It is properly used in reference to law, and denotes “one who stands upright in the view of the law, or who is not chargeable with crime.” In this sense, the Lord Jesus was not only personally innocent, but even before his judges he stood unconvicted of any crime. The crime charged on him at first was blasphemy Matthew 26:65, and on this charge the Sanhedrin had condemned him without proof. But of this charge Pilate would not take cognizance, and hence, before him they charged him with sedition, Luke 23:2. Neither of these charges were made out, and of course, in the eye of the law, he was innocent and just. It greatly aggravated their crime that they demanded his death still, even after it was ascertained that they could prove nothing against him, thus showing that it was mere hatred and malice that led them to seek his death.

And desired a murderer - Matthew 27:21.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 3:14. Ye denied the HOLY ONE — τον αγιον. A manifest reference to Psalms 16:10: Thou wilt not suffer thy HOLY ONE to see corruption; where the original word חסידיך Chasideyca, thy HOLY ONE, is translated by the Septuagint, τον Ὁσιον σου, a word of the same import with that used by Peter.

And desired a murderer — Barabbas: the case must have been fresh in their own remembrance. Like cleaves to like, and begets its like: they were murderers themselves, and so Christ calls them, Matthew 22:7, and they preferred a murderer to the holy and righteous ONE of God.