“And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.”
But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer. — the suffering of the Messiah (pathē, sufferings, plural) is rooted in OT prophecy (Isaiah 53 et al.), showing that the cross is not defeat but the fulfillment of God's plan. The 'foretold through all the prophets' (prokatangellō, announced beforehand) emphasizes the unified OT witness to messianic suffering. The paradox: what seemed like failure (crucifixion) was actually God's predetermined plan.
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