Acts 2:23 (KJV)

Passage

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Nearby Context

Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Acts 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

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 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

Acts 2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "foreknow", "delivered", "determinate", "counsel", "foreknowledge", "taken", "wicked", and "hands". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "foreknow" and "delivered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Ye men of Israel hear these words..." into verse 24's "Whom God hath raised up having loosed...", so "foreknow" and "delivered" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "foreknow" and "delivered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.