Acts 3:26

26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

Acts 3:26 in Other Translations

26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

26 God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness."

26 When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.”

26 But you are first in line: God, having raised up his Son, sent him to bless you as you turn, one by one, from your evil ways."

26 God raised up His Servant and sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways."

Acts 3:26 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 3:26

Unto you first, God having raised his Son Jesus
Which may be understood, either of the incarnation of Christ, and his exhibition in the flesh; which is sometimes expressed by raising him up, and is no other than the mission, or manifestation of him in human nature, as in ( Luke 1:69 ) ( Acts 13:23 ) . Or of the resurrection of him from the dead, and the exaltation of him at the right hand of God:

sent him to bless you;
in person, according to the former sense; for he was indeed sent only to the people of Israel, and to them he preached; many of whom were blessed with converting grace under his ministry; but according to the latter sense, and which seems most agreeable, he was sent in the ministry of the word, and came by his Spirit, first to the Jews, among whom the Gospel was first preached for a while, and was blessed to the conversion of many thousands among them, both in Judea, and in the nations of the world, where they were dispersed:

in turning away everyone of you from his iniquities;
in this the blessing lay, and is rightly in our version ascribed to Christ, and to the power of his grace, in the ministration of the Gospel and not to themselves, as in many other versions; as the Syriac version, "if ye convert yourselves, and turn from your evils"; making it both their own act, and the condition of their being blessed; and the Arabic version likewise, "so that everyone of you departs from his wickedness"; but that work is Christ's, and this is the blessing of grace he himself bestows, and is a fruit of redemption by his blood, ( Titus 2:14 ) .

Acts 3:26 In-Context

24 “Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days.

25 And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’

26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

Cross References

• 1. ver 22; S Acts 2:24
• 2. Acts 13:46; Romans 1:16