Hechos 3:20

20 enviándoles el Mesías que ya había sido preparado para ustedes, el cual es Jesús.

Hechos 3:20 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 3:20

And he shall send Jesus Christ
Or "that he may send Jesus Christ", as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it: not in person, for this regards neither his first, nor his second coming, both which might be terrible to the awakened Jews; the former, because he had been sent, and was come, and was gone again; and therefore might fear there was no hope for them, who had denied him, and crucified him; the latter, because they might conclude he would be sent, and come to take vengeance on them, when they should look upon him whom they had pierced with horror and trembling; but here it regards his being sent, and his coming in the ministration of the word, and by his Spirit, to the comfort of their souls: which before was preached unto you;
in the writings of the Old Testament, in the books of Moses, and of the Prophets, ( Acts 3:22 Acts 3:24 ) or, as it is read in the Alexandrian copy, and in other copies, and in the Complutensian edition, and in the Syriac and Arabic versions, who was "predetermined" or "prepared for you"; that is, in the purposes, council, and covenant of God. The Ethiopic version reads, "whom he before anointed"; to be prophet, priest, and King; and from each of these considerations much comfort might be drawn by sensible sinners.

Hechos 3:20 In-Context

18 Pero de este modo Dios cumplió lo que de antemano había anunciado por medio de todos los profetas: que su Mesías tenía que padecer.

19 Por tanto, para que sean borrados sus pecados, arrepiéntanse y vuélvanse a Dios, a fin de que vengan tiempos de descanso de parte del Señor,

20 enviándoles el Mesías que ya había sido preparado para ustedes, el cual es Jesús.

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.