²⁸ To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.

²³ Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

¹⁰ Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;

²⁰ As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

⁷ And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

⁸ And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

¹⁷ So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

¹¹ In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

²⁷ For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

²⁸ And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.

²⁹ And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

¹⁸ But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

⁴⁴ And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

⁴⁵ Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.

⁴⁶ And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

²² For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.

⁵⁴ But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

²⁴ The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.

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¹³ By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?

²⁹ This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.

¹⁹ Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.

³⁰ Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

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¹³ With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.