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Acts 2:23

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2:23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed 1  by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles. 2 

Acts 15:18

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15:18 known 3  from long ago. 4 

Romans 8:29-30

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8:29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son 5  would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 6  8:30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.

Romans 9:23-24

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9:23 And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects 7  of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory – 9:24 even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

Romans 11:2

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11:2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
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[2:23]  1 tn Or “you killed.”

[2:23]  2 tn Grk “at the hands of lawless men.” At this point the term ἄνομος (anomo") refers to non-Jews who live outside the Jewish (Mosaic) law, rather than people who broke any or all laws including secular laws. Specifically it is a reference to the Roman soldiers who carried out Jesus’ crucifixion.

[15:18]  3 sn Who makes these things known. The remark emphasizes how God’s design of these things reaches back to the time he declared them.

[15:18]  4 sn An allusion to Isa 45:21.

[8:29]  5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God’s Son) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:29]  6 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[9:23]  7 tn Grk “vessels.” This is the same Greek word used in v. 21.



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