Acts 2:23 (YLT)

Passage

this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified--ye did slay;

Nearby Context

Acts 2:21 and it shall be, every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.

Acts 2:22 `Men, Israelites! hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God among you by mighty works, and wonders, and signs, that God did through him in the midst of you, according as also ye yourselves have known;

Acts 2:23 this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified--ye did slay;

Acts 2:24 whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it,

Acts 2:25 for David saith in regard to him: I foresaw the Lord always before me--because He is on my right hand--that I may not be moved;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Men Israelites hear these words Jesus the..." into verse 24's "whom God did raise up having loosed...", so "foreknow" and "determinate" 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 "determinate" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.