Acts 3:17-19
New English Translation
17 And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance,[a] as your rulers did too. 18 But the things God foretold[b] long ago through[c] all the prophets—that his Christ[d] would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way. 19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
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- Acts 3:17 sn The ignorance Peter mentions here does not excuse them from culpability. It was simply a way to say “you did not realize the great mistake you made.”
- Acts 3:18 sn God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note.
- Acts 3:18 tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).
- Acts 3:18 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.
Acts 3:17-19
New International Version
17 “Now, fellow Israelites,(A) I know that you acted in ignorance,(B) as did your leaders.(C) 18 But this is how God fulfilled(D) what he had foretold(E) through all the prophets,(F) saying that his Messiah would suffer.(G) 19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,(H) that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
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