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# Connecting Statement:
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Peter continues his speech to the Jews that he began in [Acts 1:16](../01/15.md).
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# hear these words
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"listen to what I am about to say"
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# shown to you by God to be genuine by the mighty deeds, the wonders, and the signs
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This means that God proved that he had appointed Jesus for his mission, and proved who he was by his many miracles
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# by God's predetermined plan and foreknowledge
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The nouns "plan" and "foreknowledge" can be translated as verbs. This means that God planned out and knew beforehand what would happen to Jesus. AT: "because God planned out and knew beforehand everything that would happen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# was handed over
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Possible meanings: 1) "you handed Jesus over into the hands of his enemies" or 2) "Judas betrayed Jesus to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# you, by the hand of lawless men, put him to death by nailing him to a cross
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Although "lawless men" actually crucified Jesus, Peter accuses the crowd of having killed him because they demanded his death.
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# by the hand of lawless men
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Here "hand" refers to the actions of the lawless men. AT: "through the actions of lawless men" or "by what lawless men did" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# lawless men
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Possible meanings are 1) the unbelieving Jews who accused Jesus of crimes or 2) the Roman soldiers who performed the execution of Jesus.
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# freeing him from the pains of death
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Peter speaks of death as if it were a person who ties people up with painful cords. AT: "having freed him from the pain that death causes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# for him to be held by it
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"that he should be held by death." This can be stated in active form. AT: "that death should hold him" or "that death should keep him in its power" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nazareth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mighty]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/works]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sign]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foreordain]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lawless]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/crucify]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/raise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]] |