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But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

…who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God.

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.

They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.