Acts 13:27

Jerusalem's people and rulers, not recognizing Jesus, fulfilled the prophets they read by condemning him. Their ignorance accomplished what was foretold.

Cross-references · 23

• Acts 3:17And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
• Acts 15:21For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
• Acts 26:22–23But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
• Luke 24:20Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
• Luke 24:24–27Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”
• Rom 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
• Rom 11:8–10as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
• 2 Cor 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
• 2 Cor 3:14But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
• John 15:21But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
• Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
• 1 Cor 2:8None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
• John 19:36–37Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
• Matt 26:54–56But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
• John 8:28So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
• Gen 50:20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
• Luke 24:44–45Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
• 1 Tim 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
• Matt 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
• John 16:3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
• Luke 22:34But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
• Acts 13:14–15And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
• John 19:28–30After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

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