Atti 3:14

14 Ma voi rinnegaste il Santo ed il Giusto, e chiedeste che vi fosse concesso un omicida;

Atti 3:14 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 3:14

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 ( Psalms 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.

Atti 3:14 In-Context

12 E Pietro, veduto ciò, parlò al popolo, dicendo: Uomini israeliti, perché vi maravigliate di questo? O perché fissate gli occhi su noi, come se per la nostra propria potenza o pietà avessimo fatto camminar quest’uomo?

13 L’Iddio d’Abramo, d’Isacco e di Giacobbe, l’Iddio de’ nostri padri ha glorificato il suo Servitore Gesù, che voi metteste in man di Pilato e rinnegaste dinanzi a lui, mentre egli avea giudicato di doverlo liberare.

14 Ma voi rinnegaste il Santo ed il Giusto, e chiedeste che vi fosse concesso un omicida;

15 e uccideste il Principe della vita, che Dio ha risuscitato dai morti; del che noi siamo testimoni.

16 E per la fede nel suo nome, il suo nome ha raffermato quest’uomo che vedete e conoscete; ed è la fede che si ha per mezzo di lui, che gli ha dato questa perfetta guarigione in presenza di voi tutti.