Acts 3: Healing at the Beautiful Gate

Peter and John heal a man lame from birth at the temple gate in the name of Jesus. Peter tells the astonished crowd that they killed the Author of life, whom God raised, and calls them to repent so their sins may be blotted out.

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In Acts 3:17-18, after his strong words about the crowd's role in Jesus's death, how does Peter characterize their actions, and what does he say God accomplished through them?

They bear no responsibility at all, since the prophets had already made the outcome unavoidableThey acted out of loyalty to Rome, and God allowed it only to punish the nation for its sinsThey knowingly and deliberately plotted against God's plan, which the prophets had never foreseenThey acted without understanding, and God used it to fulfill what the prophets foretold about the Christ's suffering