Acts 3:14
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New International Version (©2011)
You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

New Living Translation (©2007)
You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.

English Standard Version (©2001)
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you.

International Standard Version (©2012)
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you,

NET Bible (©2006)
But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
“But you rejected The Holy One and The Righteous One and you demanded a man who was a murderer to be given to you.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
You rejected the man who was holy and innocent. You asked to have a murderer given to you,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

American King James Version
But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you;

American Standard Version
But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you.

Darby Bible Translation
But ye denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man that was a murderer should be granted to you;

English Revised Version
But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,

Webster's Bible Translation
But ye denied the Holy One, and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you,

Weymouth New Testament
Yes, you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favour the release of a murderer.

World English Bible
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Young's Literal Translation
and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man -- a murderer -- to be granted to you,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:12-18 Observe the difference in the manner of working the miracles. Our Lord always spoke as having Almighty power, never hesitated to receive the greatest honour that was given to him on account of his Divine miracles. But the apostles referred all to their Lord, and refused to receive any honour, except as his undeserving instruments. This shows that Jesus was one with the Father, and co-equal with Him; while the apostles knew that they were weak, sinful men, and dependent for every thing on Jesus, whose power effected the cure. Useful men must be very humble. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to thy name, give glory. Every crown must be cast at the feet of Christ. The apostle showed the Jews the greatness of their crime, but would not anger or drive them to despair. Assuredly, those who reject, refuse, or deny Christ, do it through ignorance; but this can in no case be an excuse.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 14. - Holy and righteous One for Holy One and the Just, A.V. ; asked for for desired, A.V.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But ye denied the Holy One, and the just,.... Who is "holy" both in his divine and human nature, and the fountain of holiness to his people; see Psalm 16:10 and who is "just" or "righteous", both in his person, and in the discharge of his office, and has wrought a righteousness for his people, which is imputed to them. These characters may have a particular regard to the purity of Christ, as man, and to the innocence of his life, and the harmlessness of his actions, in opposition to the unjust charges of his enemies, and the base treatment he met with from them who denied him to be the Christ, the Redeemer and Saviour:

and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; when it was put to their choice, who they would have released, Christ or Barabbas; they requested it as a favour, and desired they might be gratified in having Barabbas, a thief, and a robber, who, with others, had raised an insurrection, and committed murder in it, released, and Christ crucified. They desired an act of grace for him, and a sentence of condemnation to a most shameful and painful death on Christ.

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Peter Speaks in Solomon's Colonnade
…13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus; whom you delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. 14But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you; 15And killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. …

Matthew 27:20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
Mark 1:24 "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"
Mark 15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.
Luke 23:18 But the whole crowd shouted, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!"
Luke 23:25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.
John 16:10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;
John 18:40 They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.
Acts 4:27 Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
Acts 5:28 "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name," he said. "Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man's blood."
Acts 7:52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him--
Acts 13:28 Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.