Acts 3:23

Acts 3:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
• New International Version (NIV)Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

Context of Acts 3:23

21Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets. 22For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’ 24Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days. 25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

Acts 3:23 word by word

ἔσται δὲ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἥτις ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ.Read the interlinear

• ·δέde · thenG1161
• ·εἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Everyoneπᾶςpas · allG3956
• Everyoneψυχήpsuchē · soul: personG5590
• whoὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• does not listenἐάνean · ifG1437
• does not listenμήmē · notG3361
• does not listenἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• ·ἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·προφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
• will be completely cut offἐξολοθρεύωexolothreuō · to root outG1842
• from amongἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992

Cross-references for Acts 3:23

• Acts 13:38Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
• Deuteronomy 18:19And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
• Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
• John 3:18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
• John 8:24That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
• John 12:48There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:7and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
• Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
• Hebrews 10:28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
• Revelation 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
• Revelation 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Commentaries on Acts 3:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And it shall come to pass - It shall be, or shall occur. This is not the usual word rendered “it shall come to pass.” It is a word commonly expressing “futurity,” but here it conveys the notion of “obligation.” In this verse Peter has not quoted the passage in Deuteronomy literally, but he has given the sense. Every soul - Every “person” or “individual.” Soul is often put for the whole man by the Hebrews, Acts 7:14; Joshua 10:28. Hear that Prophet - That…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-26Verses 22-26 Here is a powerful address to warn the Jews of the dreadful consequences of their unbelief, in the very words of Moses, their favourite prophet, out of pretended zeal for whom they were ready to reject Christianity, and to try to destroy it. Christ came into the world to bring a blessing with him. And he sent his Spirit to be the great blessing. Christ came to bless us, by turning us from our iniquities, and saving us from our sins. We, by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23Refusing to obey Jesus, who is God's ultimate prophet, will lead to severe consequences (John 3:16, 17, 36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2622-26. a prophet ... like unto me--particularly in intimacy of communication with God (Nu 12:6-8), and as the mediatorial Head of a new order of things (He 3:2-6). Peter takes it for granted that, in the light of all he had just said, it would be seen at once that One only had any claim to be that Prophet. him shall ye hear in all things, &c.--This part of the prediction is emphatically added, in order to shut up the audience to the obedience of faith, on…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 3:23

• Courage
• Jesus Continued
• Minister, Christian
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions
• Salvation
• Wicked (People)
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Acts 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings