Acts 3:13

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

The God of Abraham, etc. ... This was the ancient Jewish formula for calling God's name; and Peter used it here, perhaps, for its appeal to Jewish minds.

Whom ye delivered up ... denied ... The wickedness of the conduct of the chosen people was dramatized by Peter by his emphasis upon their conduct before the heathen governor, and in the face of that governor's determined efforts of release Jesus. In the light of Peter's charge here, there is no way to soften the guilt of Israel, although, to be sure, Pilate was equally guilty.

Servant Jesus ... By these words, Peter clearly identified our Lord as the suffering Servant of Isaiah 42:1; 52:13; and 53:11; thus taking this exceedingly important understanding of the prophecies back to the very door of that first Pentecost. This, of course, is not a denial that Jesus was also the Son of God. As Campbell noted, "Jesus was personally a son, officially a servant."[9]

Glorified his Servant Jesus ... As Root observed, God glorified Jesus repeatedly:

In acknowledging him at his baptism and transfiguration, by working through him the mighty miracles, and further by working the present miracle of healing which had been called forth in the "name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth."[10]

[9] Ibid., p. 22.

[10] Orin Root, Acts (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing Company, 1966), p. 23.