Acts 3:20-26

20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,
21 1whom heaven must receive until the period of 2restoration of all things about which 3God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.
22 "Moses said, '4THE 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 '5And it will be that every 6soul that does not heed that prophet 7shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
24 "And likewise, 8all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.
25 "It is you who are 9the sons of the prophets and of the 10covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, '11AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.'
26 "For you 12first, God 13raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways."

Cross References 13

  • 1. Acts 1:11
  • 2. Matthew 17:11; Romans 8:21
  • 3. Luke 1:70
  • 4. Deuteronomy 18:15, 18; Acts 7:37
  • 5. Deuteronomy 18:19
  • 6. Acts 2:41
  • 7. Leviticus 23:29
  • 8. Luke 24:27; Acts 17:3; Acts 26:23
  • 9. Acts 2:39
  • 10. Romans 9:4
  • 11. Genesis 22:18
  • 12. Matthew 15:24; John 4:22; Acts 13:46; Romans 1:16; Romans 2:9
  • 13. Acts 2:24

Footnotes 5

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