Atos 3:23

23 E acontecerá que toda alma que não ouvir a esse profeta, será exterminada dentre o povo.

Atos 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.

Atos 3:23 In-Context

21 ao qual convém que o céu receba até os tempos da restauração de todas as coisas, das quais Deus falou pela boca dos seus santos profetas, desde o princípio.

22 Pois Moisés disse: Suscitar-vos-á o Senhor vosso Deus, dentre vossos irmãos, um profeta semelhante a mim; a ele ouvireis em tudo quanto vos disser.

23 E acontecerá que toda alma que não ouvir a esse profeta, será exterminada dentre o povo.

24 E todos os profetas, desde Samuel e os que sucederam, quantos falaram, também anunciaram estes dias.

25 Vós sois os filhos dos profetas e do pacto que Deus fez com vossos pais, dizendo a Abraão: Na tua descendência serão abençoadas todas as famílias da terra.