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1.1 KiB
by God's predetermined plan and foreknowledge
The nouns "plan" and "foreknowledge" can be translated as verbs. This means that God planned out and knew beforehand what would happen to Jesus. Alternate translation: "because God planned out and knew beforehand everything that would happen" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns)
This man was handed over
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/jit/figs-activepassive)
you, by the hand of lawless men, put him to death by nailing him to a cross
Although "lawless men" actually crucified Jesus, Peter accuses the crowd of having killed him because they demanded his death.
by the hand of lawless men
Here "hand" refers to the actions of the lawless men. Alternate translation: "through the actions of lawless men" or "by what lawless men did" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
lawless men
Possible meanings are 1) the unbelieving Jews who accused Jesus of crimes or 2) the Roman soldiers who performed the execution of Jesus.