Acts 2:23 (DBY)

Passage

him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye, by [the] hand of lawless [men], have crucified and slain.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:21 And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of [the] Lord shall be saved.

Acts 2:22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know

Acts 2:23 him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye, by [the] hand of lawless [men], have crucified and slain.

Acts 2:24 Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;

Acts 2:25 for David says as to him, I foresaw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Men of Israel hear these words Jesus..." into verse 24's "Whom God has raised up having loosed...", so "foreknow" and "given" 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 "given" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.