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Acts 3:13

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

KJV

ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰακώβ, ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ἐδόξασεν τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν, ὃν ὑμεῖς μὲν παρεδώκατε καὶ ἠρνήσασθε κατὰ πρόσωπον Πειλάτου, κρίναντος ἐκείνου ἀπολύειν·

Greek NT

Deus Abraham, et Deus Isaac, et Deus Jacob, Deus patrum nostrorum glorificavit filium suum Jesum, quem vos quidem tradidistis, et negastis ante faciem Pilati, judicante illo dimitti.

Vulgate

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

ASV

The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus, whom you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of Pilate, when he judged he should be released.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People AbrahamIsaacJacobJacobJesusPontius Pilate

In the original Greek

23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πιλᾶτος
pilatos
noun · 55×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δοξάζω
doxazo
verb · 61×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
παραδίδωμι
paradidomi
verb · 119×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
παῖς
pais
noun · 24×
πρόσωπον
prosopon
noun · 77×
ἀπολύω
apoluo
verb · 67×
ἀρνέομαι
arneomai
verb · 33×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰακώβ
iakob
noun · 27×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἰσαάκ
isaak
noun · 20×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: Ἰσαὰκ καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: Ἰσαὰκ καὶ | NA: ὁ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ὁ θεὸς
  • Ἰσαὰκ καὶSBLGNT
  • Ἰσαὰκ καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ὁ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ὁ θεὸςNestle-Aland 27
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: μὲν | WH/Treg/NA/RP: μὲν
  • μὲνSBLGNT
  • μὲνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἠρνήσασθε | WH/NIV: ἠρνήσασθε | Treg/RP: + αὐτὸν
  • ἠρνήσασθεSBLGNT
  • ἠρνήσασθεWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτὸνTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§597The historical complexity of Jesus' trial is apparent in the Gospel accounts. the personal sin of the participants (Judas, the Sanhedrin, Pilate) is known to God alone. Hence we cannot lay responsibility for the trial on the Jews in Jerusalem as a whole, despite the outcry of a manipulated crowd and the global reproaches contained in the apostles' calls to conversion after Pent…
§599Jesus' violent death was not the result of chance in an unfortunate coincidence of circumstances, but is part of the mystery of God's plan, as St. Peter explains to the Jews of Jerusalem in his first sermon on Pentecost: "This Jesus (was) delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God."393 This Biblical language does not mean that those who handed him over…

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
  • Acts 2:23 — Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
  • Acts 4:10 — Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before y
  • Acts 5:30 — The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
  • Acts 7:32 — Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
  • Acts 22:14 — And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
  • Acts 24:14 — But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
  • Exod 3:6 — Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
  • Gen 50:20 — But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
  • Hab 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is m
  • Heb 2:9 — But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
  • Heb 2:9 — But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
  • Isa 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • Isa 55:5 — Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
  • John 7:39 — (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
  • John 8:54 — Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
  • John 12:16 — These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
  • John 13:31 — Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
  • John 17:1 — These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
  • John 18:28 — Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
  • John 18:30 — They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
  • John 18:40 — Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
  • John 18:40 — Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
  • John 19:11 — Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
  • John 19:12 — And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
  • John 19:15 — But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
  • Luke 18:32 — For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
  • Luke 23:16 — I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
  • Luke 24:20 — And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
  • Mark 8:31 — And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
  • Mark 10:33 — Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
  • Mark 15:1 — And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
  • Matt 22:32 — I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
  • Matt 27:2 — And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
  • Matt 27:17 — Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
  • Phil 2:9 — Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
  • Rev 3:8 — I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.