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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:21

Whom the heaven must receive ,.... Hold and retain in his human nature; and which does not at all hinder or confront his mission, and coming to his people, in the mean while, in a spiritual way and manner, to their joy and comfort: or, "who must receive heaven"; the kingdom, and glory, and reign there: until the times of the restitution of all things : not of all created beings to their original estate, which there is no reason to believe ever will be; or of the churches of Christ to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:22

For Moses truly said unto the fathers ,.... The Jewish fathers, the Israelites in the times of Moses. The Ethiopic version reads, "our fathers". This phrase, "unto the fathers", is left out in the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, and in the Alexandrian copy: the passages referred to are in Deuteronomy 18:15 a prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you : which is not to be understood of a succession of prophets, as some of the Jewish writers F3 Jarchi in Deut. xviii. 15. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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, מעמו... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:24

Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel ,.... Who was, as the Jews call him, רבן של נביאים , "the master of the prophets" F12 T Hieros. Chagiga, fol. 77. 1. ; and they say, that Samuel the prophet is הנביא הראשון , "the first prophet" in the chain of the Kabbala F13 Ganz Tzemach David, par. 1. fol. 9. 1. Vid. Kimchi in Psal. xcix. 6. ; and therefore is here particularly mentioned, as at the head of the prophets, and next to Moses; there being but very few prophets between... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:25

Ye are the children of the prophets ,.... Of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are called prophets, Psalm 105:15 being lineally and naturally descended from them; to them belonged the prophecies of the Old Testament concerning the Messiah, and the promises of him; they were heirs of them; and of the covenant which God made with our fathers ; so the phrase בני ברית , "children of the covenant", is used by the Jews, as peculiar to themselves; See Gill on Romans 9:8 and so בר אוריין... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 . 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:14

Ye denied the Holy One - Τον ἁγιον . A manifest reference to Psalm 16:10 ; : Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption; where the original word חסידיך Chasideyca , thy Holy One, is translated by the Septuagint, τον Ὁσιον σου , a word of the same import with that used by Peter. And desired a murderer - Barabbas: the case must have been fresh in their own remembrance. Like cleaves to like, and begets its like: they were murderers themselves, and so Christ calls them, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:15

And killed the Prince of life - Τον αρχηγον της ζωης , The author of this life: not only implying that all life proceeds from Jesus Christ as its source, but that the life-giving influence of that religion which they were now proclaiming came all through him. Αρχηγος signifies a prime leader or author, a captain, from αρχη , the beginning, head, or chief; and αγω, I lead. In Hebrews 2:10 , Christ is called Αρχηγος της σωτηριας , the Captain of salvation. He teaches the doctrine... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:16

And his name - Jesus, the Savior: through faith in his name, as the Savior, and author of life, and all its concomitant blessings, such as health, etc. It is not quite clear whether the apostles refer to their own faith in Jesus, or to the faith of the lame man. It is true Christ had promised that they should perform miracles in his name, Mark 16:17 , Mark 16:18 . And that whatsoever they asked of the Father in his name, he would grant it, John 16:23 . And they might have been led at... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:17

I wot - Οιδα , I know. Wot is from the Anglo-Saxon, to know ; and hence wit, science or understanding. Through ignorance ye did it - This is a very tender excuse for them; and one which seems to be necessary, in order to show them that their state was not utterly desperate; for if all that they did to Christ had been through absolute malice, (they well knowing who he was), if any sin could be supposed to be unpardonable, it must have been theirs. Peter, foreseeing that they might be... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 3:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:17

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