Acts 2:23

him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

'BEING DELIVERED UP BY THE DETERMINATE COUNSEL AND FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD'-'in accordance with God's definite plan and with his previous knowledge' (TCNT); 'by the fixed purpose and intention of God' (Gspd).

'DETERMINATE'-3724. horizo hor-id'-zo; from 3725; to mark out or bound ("horizon"), i.e. (figuratively) to appoint, decree, sepcify: -declare, determine, limit, ordain.

Points to Note:

The plan to have Jesus die for the sins of the world, goes back even beyond the Creation (Ephesians 3:10; 1 Peter 1:20).

Peter makes it clear that the crucifixion of Jesus was no accident, neither was it an act of desperation on the part of God,. last minute idea or. change from the original plan. Therefore any and all doctrines linked with the assumption that Jesus didn't come to die or that the death of Christ wasn't part of the original Divine plan--must be. false doctrine.

The phrase "delivered up by'-reminds us that the enemies of Jesus would have never been able to kill Him, unless He allowed it to happen (John 10:17; John 19:11).

'BY THE HAND OF LAWLESS MEN'-'with the help of heathen men' (TCNT)

'DID CRUCIFY AND SLAY'-Even though the Jewish leaders and the crowd had used the Roman authorities and soldiers to do the actual "dirty work", this verse reminds us, 'Their guilt was not diminished because they had employed others to do the actual killing.' (Reese p. 64) (See Acts 5:28)

Point to Note:

'A dispute, much in the news these days, revolves around the question, Who crucified Jesus? It is often considered. mark of anti-semitism to accuse the Jews of guilt in the crucifixion of Christ, as Peter did...If there is. breach between Christian and Jewish peoples today, it is not caused by ill feelings over who crucified Jews. It is because there is no agreement between unbelief--in the case of the Jew who rejects Jesus--and belief--on the part of the Christian who accepts Jesus as Savior.' (Reese p. 64)