Acts 3:25-26 NIV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 3:17-26

Peter’s exhortation 3:17-26 read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 3:25-26

Peter’s hearers were the sons of the prophets in that they were the descendants of those people, not prophets themselves. They were sons of the covenant God made with Abraham because they were Abraham’s physical descendants. They were part of Abraham’s physical seed through whom God purposed to bring blessing to all the families of the earth (Genesis 12:3; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4). Their acceptance of God’s Messiah was essential to their fulfilling all God’s purposes through them and in... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 3:25

3:25 Abraham, (e-20) See Genesis 22:18 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 3:26

3:26 up (f-7) As ver. 22; ch. 13.33. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:1-26

The Lame Man Healed1-26. Healing of the lame man. Speech of Peter. St. Luke here singles out from the multitude of ’wonders and signs done by the Apostles’ (Acts 2:43), the one which led to the first persecution.1. The ninth hour] The hours of prayer were the third (Acts 2:15), when the morning sacrifice was offered; the sixth (noon); and the ninth, the time of the evening sacrifice.2. Beautiful] This gate was of Corinthian brass. It faced the E., and its proper name was the Gate of Nicanor.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 3:25

(25) And of the covenant. . . .—It is a significant indication of the unity of apostolic teaching, which it was St. Luke’s aim to bring before his readers, that St. Peter thus refers chiefly to the covenant made with Abraham (Genesis 12:3), with as full an emphasis as St. Paul does when he had learnt to see that it implicitly involved the calling of the Gentiles into the kingdom of Christ (Galatians 3:8.). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 3:26

(26) Unto you first. . . .—Here again we note, even in the very turn of the phrase as well as of the thought, an agreement with St. Paul’s formula of the purpose of God being manifested “to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile” (Acts 13:46; Romans 1:16; Romans 2:9-10). St. Peter does not as yet know the conditions under which the gospel will be preached to the heathen; but his words imply a distinct perception that there was a call to preach to them.His Son Jesus.—Better, as before, Servant.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 3:1-26

Healing and Suffering Acts 3:16 Perfect soundness! Of this there was no doubt. The rulers themselves acknowledged they could say nothing against it. The fact was patent to all. But the marvel was 'perfect soundness' in a moment of time after a lifetime of lameness. The secret was faith in His name. Not faith in the unreality of lameness. Not faith in the non-existence of a twisted limb. Not faith in the doctrine of illusion by which a man who has been really always able to walk has been since... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 3:1-26

CHAPTER 3 1. The Healing of the lame Man (Acts 3:1-11 ). 2. Peter’s address and appeal (Acts 3:12-26 ). The lame man, forty years old, at the gate called Beautiful is the type of the moral condition of the nation, like the impotent man whom the Lord healed (John 5:1-47 ). Israel with all its beautiful religious ceremonies was helpless, laying outside with no strength to enter in. Peter commands the lame man in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth to rise up and to walk. He is instantly... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 3:25

3:25 {4} Ye are the {i} children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.(4) The Jews that believed are the first begotten in the kingdom of God.(i) For whom the Prophets were especially appointed. read more