Hechos 3:23

23 Porque quien no le haga caso será eliminado del pueblo”.^[a]

Hechos 3:23 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 3:23

And it shall come to pass, that every soul
Every person, man or woman: which will not hear that prophet;
neither believe what he says, nor do what he commands; or as it is in ( Deuteronomy 18:19 ) "will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name": for he that hears not him, hearkens not to God, in whose name he speaks, and whose word he delivers, shall be destroyed from among the people;
in the Hebrew text it is, "I will require it of him"; the Hebrew word, (wmem) , there used, by having different points, may be rendered "of him", or "from his people", which seems to be the reason of this difference: and requiring often intends punishment, or a cutting off; or as Aben Ezra explains it here,

``death by the hand of heaven;''

that is, immediate destruction from God; and so Maimonides says ^F11, he that transgresses the words of that prophet, is guilty of death by the hand of heaven; and which was remarkably fulfilled in the Jewish nation, for their rejection of Jesus as the true Messiah, and that prophet.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Yesod Hattora, c. 9. sect. 4.

Hechos 3:23 In-Context

21 Es necesario que él permanezca en el cielo hasta que llegue el tiempo de la restauración de todas las cosas, como Dios lo ha anunciado desde hace siglos por medio de sus santos profetas.

22 Moisés dijo: “El Señor su Dios hará surgir para ustedes, de entre sus propios hermanos, a un profeta como yo; presten atención a todo lo que les diga.

23 Porque quien no le haga caso será eliminado del pueblo”.

24 »En efecto, a partir de Samuel todos los profetas han anunciado estos días.

25 Ustedes, pues, son herederos de los profetas y del pacto que Dios estableció con nuestros antepasados al decirle a Abraham: “Todos los pueblos del mundo serán bendecidos por medio de tu descendencia”.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lv 23:29; Dt 18:15,18,19