“So let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, to be both Lord and Messiah!”
Parallel translations
- WEB “Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
- KJV Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
- BSB Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
- NKJV “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”
- NASB Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”
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Peter concludes that God has made the crucified Jesus both Lord and Christ. It is the climax of the sermon, calling Israel to recognize Jesus' true identity.
Overview
This summary affirms Jesus' exaltation as Lord and Messiah despite His crucifixion. The pointed reminder, 'whom you crucified,' confronts the hearers with their guilt and need. The verse presses the crowd toward repentance and faith in the risen Lord.
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Cross-references · 20
- Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Rom 14:8–12For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
- 2 Cor 5:10For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
- Acts 4:11–12He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’
- Ezek 34:30They shall know that I, Yahweh, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Zech 13:1“In that day there will be a spring opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
- 2 Th 1:7–10and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
- Acts 2:22–23“Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,
- Acts 10:36–42The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ — he is Lord of all —
- Jer 33:14“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.
- Ps 2:1–8Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
- Rom 9:3–6For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh,
- John 5:22–29For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
- Luke 2:11For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
- Jer 31:31“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
- Jer 9:26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
- Matt 28:18–20Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
- John 3:35–36The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
- Ezek 39:25–29Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
- Jer 2:4Hear Yahweh’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
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