Acts 3:25-26 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 3:1-26

3:1-5:42 RAPID GROWTH AND GREAT POPULARITYPreaching in the temple (3:1-26)On one of their visits to the temple, Peter and John healed a crippled beggar. The man had been lying at the gate that led from the outer public court to the inner courts where only Jews were allowed, but as soon as he was healed he followed the apostles into the temple, jumping and praising God (3:1-10).After prayer the three men returned to the public court, where they found that a crowd of curious onlookers had... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 3:25

the. Omit. children = sons. Greek. huios. App-108 . covenant. Greek. diatheke. Compare Luke 1:72 . For this Hebraism, "sons of the covenant", compare Matthew 8:12 ; Matthew 9:15 .Luke 16:8 . made = covenanted. Greek. diatithemi. in. Dative case; no preposition. thy seed. i.e. Christ. See Galatians 1:3 , Galatians 1:16 . kindreds = families. Greek. patria. Only here, Luke 2:4 .Ephesians 3:15 . earth. Greek. ge. App-129 . blessed. Greek. eneulogeomai. Only here, and in Galatians... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 3:26

iniquities. Greek. poneria. App-128 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 3:25

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.Sons of the prophets ... seems to distinguish among the sons of Abraham, as between the secular descendants like the Pharisees, and those of the true spiritual likeness, here called "sons of the prophets," who were also posterity of Abraham, but in the more meaningful sense.Sons of the covenant ... clearly refers to the true... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 3:26

Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.Unto you first ... "To the Jew first ..." (Romans 1:16). This was the invariable rule of apostolic preaching; but the words inherently contain a prophecy that others shall receive the gospel also; and Peter's use of this slogan in context is a warning that the right to receive or reject the gospel never pertained to the Jew only, but to the Jew first; and afterward the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 3:26

Acts 3:26. Unto you first— Accordingly the gospel was, by the grace of our blessed Redeemer, every where offered first to the Jews. Had it been otherwise, humanly speaking, many who were converted in this method, might have been exasperated and lost. The word Αναστησας, here rendered having raised up, does not refer to the resurrection from the dead, as it generally does in other places, but to the word αναστησει, Acts 3:22.—raising him up as a prophet in Israel. The next clause may mean, "God... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 3:25

25. Ye are the children . . . of the covenant—and so the natural heirs of its promises. in thy seed, &c.—(See on :-, &c.). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 3:26

26. God, having raised up—not from the dead, but having provided, prepared, and given. his Son Jesus—"His Servant Jesus" (see on :-). sent him to bless you—literally, "sent Him blessing you," as if laden with blessing. in turning away every one of you from his iniquities—that is, "Hitherto we have all been looking too much for a Messiah who should shed outward blessings upon the nation generally, and through it upon the world. But we have learned other things, and now announce to you that the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 3:1-31

1. External opposition 3:1-4:31Opposition to the Christians’ message first came from external sources, particularly the leaders of Judaism. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 3:11-26

Peter’s address in Solomon’s colonnade 3:11-26As is often true in Acts, an event led to an explanation (cf. ch. 2)."It seems strange, at first glance, that in his narrative Luke would place two such similar sermons of Peter so close together. But his putting the Pentecost sermon in the introductory section of Acts was evidently meant to be a kind of paradigm of early apostolic preaching-a paradigm Luke seems to have polished for greater literary effectiveness. As for the Colonnade sermon, Luke... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 3:1-26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 3:25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 3:26

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 3:25

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 3:26

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 3:26

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 3:25

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 3:26

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 3:1-31

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 3:11-26

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