Acts 3:15-25

15 but put to death the 1Prince of life, the one whom 2God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are 3witnesses.
16 "And on the basis of faith 4in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.
17 "And now, brethren, I know that you acted 5in ignorance, just as your 6rulers did also.
18 "But the things which 7God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, 8that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
19 "Therefore 9repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that 10times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,
21 11whom heaven must receive until the period of 12restoration of all things about which 13God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.
22 "Moses said, '14THE LORD GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN; TO HIM YOU SHALL GIVE HEED to everything He says to you.
23 '15And it will be that every 16soul that does not heed that prophet 17shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
24 "And likewise, 18all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.
25 "It is you who are 19the sons of the prophets and of the 20covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, '21AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.'

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Cross References 21

  • 1. Acts 5:31; Hebrews 2:10; Hebrews 12:2
  • 2. Acts 2:24
  • 3. Luke 24:48
  • 4. Acts 3:6
  • 5. Luke 23:34; John 15:21; Acts 13:27; Acts 26:9; Ephesians 4:18
  • 6. Luke 23:13
  • 7. Acts 2:23
  • 8. Luke 24:27; Acts 17:3; Acts 26:23
  • 9. Acts 2:38; Acts 26:20
  • 10. 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Hebrews 4:1f
  • 11. Acts 1:11
  • 12. Matthew 17:11; Romans 8:21
  • 13. Luke 1:70
  • 14. Deuteronomy 18:15, 18; Acts 7:37
  • 15. Deuteronomy 18:19
  • 16. Acts 2:41
  • 17. Leviticus 23:29
  • 18. Luke 24:27; Acts 17:3; Acts 26:23
  • 19. Acts 2:39
  • 20. Romans 9:4
  • 21. Genesis 22:18

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