Atti 3:20

20 affinché vengano dalla presenza del Signore dei tempi di refrigerio e ch’Egli vi mandi il Cristo che v’è stato destinato,

Atti 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.

Atti 3:20 In-Context

18 Ma quello che Dio avea preannunziato per bocca di tutti i profeti, cioè, che il suo Cristo soffrirebbe, Egli l’ha adempiuto in questa maniera.

19 Ravvedetevi dunque e convertitevi, onde i vostri peccati siano cancellati,

20 affinché vengano dalla presenza del Signore dei tempi di refrigerio e ch’Egli vi mandi il Cristo che v’è stato destinato,

21 cioè Gesù, che il cielo deve tenere accolto fino ai tempi della restaurazione di tutte le cose; tempi dei quali Iddio parlò per bocca dei suoi santi profeti che sono stati fin dal principio.

22 Mosè, infatti, disse: Il Signore Iddio vi susciterà di fra i vostri fratelli un profeta come me; ascoltatelo in tutte le cose che vi dirà.