Acts 3:14

Ye denied the Holy One - Τον ἁγιον . A manifest reference to Psalm 16:10 ; : Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption; where the original word חסידיך Chasideyca , thy Holy One, is translated by the Septuagint, τον Ὁσιον σου , a word of the same import with that used by Peter.

And desired a murderer - Barabbas: the case must have been fresh in their own remembrance. Like cleaves to like, and begets its like: they were murderers themselves, and so Christ calls them, Matthew 22:7 , and they preferred a murderer to the holy and righteous One of God.