Matthew 21:39
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So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.
You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.
Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
“Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.