Acts 3:14

King James Version (KJV)

But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

Translations

Acts 3:14 - Amplified Bible

But you denied {and} rejected {and} disowned the Pure {and} Holy, the Just {and} Blameless One, and demanded [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.

Acts 3:14 - American Standard Version

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

Acts 3:14 - Bible in Basic English

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

Acts 3:14 - Darby Bible

But *ye* denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man [that was] a murderer should be granted to you;

Acts 3:14 - English Standard Version

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

Acts 3:14 - King James Version

But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

Acts 3:14 - La Biblia de las Americas

Mas vosotros repudiasteis al Santo y Justo, y pedisteis que se os concediera un asesino,

Acts 3:14 - The Message

Acts 3:14 - New American Standard Bible

~"But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Acts 3:14 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~"Pero ustedes repudiaron al Santo y Justo, y pidieron que se les concediera un asesino,

Acts 3:14 - World English Bible

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

Acts 3:14 - Young's Living Translation

and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man -- a murderer -- to be granted to you,

Acts 3:14 - Additional Comments

The trinity is Holy, for God is the Holy One of Israel (Psa 71:22), Jesus here is the Holy One, and the Spirit is Holy by name (vs 2:33). The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines holy as "exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness". What a perfect description for each of the persons in the trinity - "perfect in goodness and righteousness". And what a challenge to us - they are worthy of complete devotion. I wonder how complete my devotion to God is? What does complete devotion even look like? Maybe Brother Lawrence, who said that "it was a great delusion to think that the times of prayer ought to differ from other times; that we are as strictly obliged to adhere to God by action in the time of action as by prayer in the season of prayer. That his view of prayer was nothing else but a sense of the Presence of God, his soul being at that time insensible to everything but Divine Love; and that when the appointed times of prayer were past, he found no difference, because he still continued with God, praising and blessing Him with all his might, so that he passed his life in continual joy."

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