Acts 3:26 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 3:12-26

We have here the sermon which Peter preached after he had cured the lame man. When Peter saw it. 1. When he saw the people got together in a crowd, he took that opportunity to preach Christ to them, especially the temple being the place of their concourse, and Solomon's porch there: let them come and hear a more excellent wisdom than Solomon?s, for, behold, a greater than Solomon is here preached. 2. When he saw the people affected with the miracle, and filed with admiration, then he sowed the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 3:17-26

3:17-26 "Now, brothers, I know that it was through ignorance that you did it, just as your rulers did. But God has thus fulfilled those things which he foretold by the mouths of all the prophets that his anointed one should suffer. Repent, then, and turn so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come to you from God, and so that he may send Jesus Christ who has already been preached to you. It is necessary that heaven should receive him until the times when all... 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 3:26

Unto you first, God, having raised up - As you are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant, the first offers of salvation belong to you, and God thus makes them to you. The great mission of Jesus Christ is directed first to you, that you may be saved from your sins. God designs to bless you, but it is by turning each of you away from his iniquities. The salvation promised in the covenant is a salvation from Sin, not from the Romans; and no man can have his sin blotted out who does... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 26 26.He hath raised up his Son. He gathereth out of the words of Moses that Christ is now revealed. But the words do seem to import no such thing; yet doth he reason fitly thus, because the blessing could no otherwise be, unless the beginning thereof did flow from the Messias. For we must always remember this, that all mankind is accursed, and, therefore, there is a singular remedy promised us, which is performed by Christ alone. Wherefore, he is the only fountain and beginning of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:11-26

Witness of Peter to Jesus. A great congregation, in the mood of wonder and prepared to listen, is before him. He who had once denied his Master in a moment of weakness, is now enabled with great power to give testimony of him. I. A DISCLAIMER OF INDEPENDENT POWER OR MERIT IN THE APOSTLES . The note of a genuine mission. The false prophet and the magician neglect nothing that will enhance their supposed supernatural character. The apostles insist that they are but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:11-26

A great sermon to a wondering multitude. I. The AUDIENCE . 1. Different from that previously gathered, which was made up of devout men chiefly, who were interested in the strange phenomenon of the tongues. This was a mingled multitude, partly of temple worshippers, partly of passers-by, including, therefore, many who were present, at the Crucifixion, who had shouted "Crucify him!" 2. Their state of mind. Greatly wondering, ready to be taught, gazing inquiringly at the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:12-26

The two judgments. "The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart ( 1 Samuel 16:7 )." That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God" ( Luke 16:15 ). "The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner ( Luke 20:17 ). The above passages, with many others, call our particular attention to the frequent contrariety between the judgment of men and the judgment of God.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:22-26

The greatness of Jesus Christ. These verses may be regarded as attesting the unapproachable greatness of the Lord Jesus Christ; they invite us to think— I. THAT HE WAS LIKE UNTO THE GREATEST OF ALL WHO PRECEDED HIM , BUT WAS GREATER THAN HE . ( Acts 3:22 .) A greater Legislator than Moses, for his laws should last as long as time itself; a better Man, for he was absolutely without sin; a worthier Leader, conducting out of a harder bondage into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:26

Servant for Son Jesus, A.V. and T.R.; your for his, A.V. Unto you first . In virtue of the covenant, the first offer of salvation was made to the Jews (see Acts 1:8 ; Acts 13:26 , Acts 13:46 ; Luke 24:47 ; Romans 2:10 , etc.; comp. Matthew 15:24 ). His Servant (as in Acts 3:13 ). As regards the phrase, "having raised up," however natural it is at first sight to understand it of the raising from the dead, the tenses make it impossible to do so. Nor could it be said... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 3:12-26

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 3:17-26

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 3:26

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:11-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:11-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:12-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:22-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 3:26

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