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Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 3:1-26

Acts 3:1 . Peter and John went into the temple at the hour of prayer. Some read, At the same time Peter and John went into the temple, intimating that this was the afternoon of the day of pentecost. Others conjecture that this miracle was wrought two or three days after the conversion of the three thousand, which is obviously supported by Acts 2:41. The same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. Hence the five thousand, mentioned in Acts 4:4, may include the three... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 3:11-26

Acts 3:11-26All the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.Solomon’s porchThe porch--or better, portico or cloister--was outside the temple, on the eastern side. It consisted in the Herodian Temple, of a double row of Corinthian columns, about thirty-seven feet high, and received its name as having been in part constructed, when the temple was rebuilt by Zerubbabel, with the fragments of the older edifice. The people tried to persuade Herod... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 3:19-21

Acts 3:19-21Repent ye therefore and be converted.Apostolic exhortationI. The Apostle Bade Men Repent And Be Converted.1. Repent signifies, in its literal meaning, to change one’s mind. It has been translated “after-wit,” or “after-wisdom”; it is the man’s finding out that he is wrong, and rectifying his judgment. But although that be the meaning of the root, the word has come in Scriptural use to mean a discovery of the evil of sin, a mourning that we have committed it, a resolution to forsake... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 3:21

Acts 3:21Whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution of all things.Times of restitution of all thingsThe “times” seem distinguished from the “seasons” as more permanent. This is the only passage in which the word translated “restitution” is found in the New Testament; nor is it found in the LXX. version of the Old. Etymologically, it conveys the thought of restoration to an earlier and better state, rather than that of simple consummation or completion, which the immediate... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 3:21

21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Ver. 21. Whom the heavens must receive until, &c. ] Note this against the Ubiquitaries, whose error was first broached by Gerson, about the time of the Council of Constance. Afterwards, defended at Paris by Jacobus Faber Stapulensis, A. D. 1524, who was therefore banished the next year out of France. (Scultet. Annul.) But Luther... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Acts 3:21

the heaven: Acts 1:11 the times: Acts 3:19, Isaiah 1:26, Malachi 3:3, Malachi 3:4, Malachi 4:5, Malachi 4:6, Matthew 17:11, Matthew 17:12, Mark 9:11-1 Chronicles : holy: Acts 10:43, Luke 1:70, 2 Peter 1:21, 2 Peter 3:2, Revelation 18:20, Revelation 22:6 Reciprocal: Job 14:12 - till the heavens Matthew 19:28 - in the regeneration Matthew 26:11 - but Mark 2:20 - be taken Mark 9:4 - appeared Mark 14:7 - but Mark 16:19 - he was Luke 5:35 - when John 17:11 - I am Acts 3:24 - and all Acts 26:22 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Acts 3:21

Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.Till the times of the restitution of all things — The apostle here comprises at once the whole course of the times of the New Testament, between our Lord's ascension and his coming in glory. The most eminent of these are the apostolic age, and that of the spotless Church, which will consist of all the Jews and Gentiles united, after all... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:12-26

2. Peter’s Third Speech that in Solomon’s Porch , Acts 3:12-26 . Peter promptly avails himself, in this bold speech, (made perhaps from some elevated platform or position in the porch,) of the great excitement to base Christ upon this miracle. Do you ask what this miracle means? It declares that your Messiah, by whose power it was alone done, has come to you, even He whom you have slain, Acts 3:13-18. The momentous inference is, that you must repent of your crime against him and submit... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:21

21. Heaven must receive The Jews held but one coming of Christ, and Peter, in order to correct their view, declares that he must remain in heaven until a second advent. There was a great debate among expositors whether, according to the Greek, Jesus was to take possession of heaven or heaven was to receive him. The former is the loftier expression; but the latter, as impartial scholars generally agree, is the better Greek. Times of restitution of all things Great differences of opinion... read more

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