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25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with our[a] fathers when he said to Abraham:

In your seed[b] all the families of the earth will be blessed.[c]

26 “God raised up his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you away from your wicked ways.”

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  1. Acts 3:25 Some witnesses to the text read your.
  2. Acts 3:25 Or descendant. The literal seed is retained in the translation to help readers trace the line of the promised Savior from Eve through Abraham and David to Jesus, the promised Seed of the Woman.
  3. Acts 3:25 Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14

25 And you are heirs(A) of the prophets and of the covenant(B) God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’[a](C) 26 When God raised up(D) his servant, he sent him first(E) to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

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  1. Acts 3:25 Gen. 22:18; 26:4