Act 3:14, 7:52, 22:14 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 14. Ye denied the HOLY ONE ] τοναγιον. A manifest reference to : Thou wilt not suffer thy HOLY ONE to see corruption ; where the original word Chasideyca , thy HOLY ONE, is translated by the Septuagint, τονοσιονσου, a word of the same import with that used by Peter. And desired a murderer ] Barabbas: the case must have been fresh in their own remembrance. Like cleaves to like , and begets its like : they were murderers themselves, and so Christ calls them, , and they preferred a murderer to the holy and righteous ONE of God.

‏ Acts 3:14

Verse 14. Ye denied the HOLY ONE] τοναγιον. A manifest reference to Ps 16:10: Thou wilt not suffer thy HOLY ONE to see corruption; where the original word Chasideyca, thy HOLY ONE, is translated by the Septuagint, τονοσιονσου, a word of the same import with that used by Peter.

And desired a murderer] Barabbas: the case must have been fresh in their own remembrance. Like cleaves to like, and begets its like: they were murderers themselves, and so Christ calls them, Mt 22:7, and they preferred a murderer to the holy and righteous ONE of God.

‏ Acts 7:52

Verse 52. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?] Ye have not only resisted the Holy Ghost, but ye have persecuted all those who have spoken to you in his name, and by his influence: thus ye prove your opposition to the Spirit himself, by your opposition to every thing that proceeds from him.

They have slain them, &c.] Isaiah, who showed before of the coming of Christ, the Jews report, was sawn asunder at the command of Manasseh.

The coming of the Just One] τουδικαιου, Meaning Jesus Christ; emphatically called the just or righteous person, not only because of the unspotted integrity of his heart and life, but because of his plenary acquittal, when tried at the tribunal of Pilate: I find no fault at all in him. The mention of this circumstance served greatly to aggravate their guilt. The character of Just One is applied to our Lord in three other places of Scripture: Ac 3:14; 22:14; and Jas 5:6.

The betrayers and murderers] Ye first delivered him up into the hands of the Romans, hoping they would have put him to death; but, when they acquitted him, then, in opposition to the declaration of his innocence, and in outrage to every form of justice, ye took and murdered him. This was a most terrible charge; and one against which they could set up no sort of defense. No wonder, then, that they were instigated by the spirit of the old destroyer, which they never resisted, to add another murder to that of which they had been so recently guilty.

‏ Acts 22:14

Verse 14. And see that Just One] The Lord Jesus, called the Just One, in opposition to the Jews, who crucified him as a malefactor: See Clarke on Ac 7:52. This is an additional proof that Jesus Christ did actually appear unto Saul of Tarsus.