Acts 13:39

Acts 13:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
• New International Version (NIV)Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Context of Acts 13:39

37However, the man God brought back to life had a body that didn’t decay. 38“So, brothers, I’m telling you that through Jesus your sins can be forgiven. Sins kept you from receiving God’s approval through Moses’ Teachings. However, everyone who believes in Jesus receives God’s approval. 40“Be careful, or what the prophets said may happen to you. 41‘Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe even if it were reported to you!’ ”

Acts 13:39 word by word

καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων ὧν οὐκ ἠδυνήθητε ἐν νόμῳ Μωϋσέως δικαιωθῆναι, ἐν τούτῳ πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων δικαιοῦται.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• byἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• himοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• that believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• are justifiedδικαιόωdikaioō · to justifyG1344
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• from whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ye couldδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• notοὐou · noG3756
• the lawὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• of MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475

Cross-references for Acts 13:39

• Isaiah 53:11He will see and be satisfied because of his suffering. My righteous servant will acquit many people because of what he has learned ⌞through suffering⌟. He will carry their sins as a burden.
• Habakkuk 2:4“Look at the proud person. He is not right in himself. But the righteous person will live because of his faithfulness.
• Luke 18:14“I can guarantee that this tax collector went home with God’s approval, but the Pharisee didn’t. Everyone who honors himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be honored.”
• John 5:24I can guarantee this truth: Those who listen to what I say and believe in the one who sent me will have eternal life. They won’t be judged because they have already passed from death to life.
• Romans 3:24They receive God’s approval freely by an act of his kindness through the price Christ Jesus paid to set us free ⌞from sin⌟.
• Romans 4:5However, when people don’t work but believe God, the one who approves ungodly people, their faith is regarded as the basis of God’s approval.
• Romans 5:1Now that we have God’s approval by faith, we have peace with God because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.
• Romans 8:1So those who are believers in Christ Jesus can no longer be condemned.
• Romans 10:10By believing you receive God’s approval, and by declaring your faith you are saved.
• 1 Corinthians 6:11That’s what some of you were! But you have been washed and made holy, and you have received God’s approval in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
• Galatians 2:16Yet, we know that people don’t receive God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures, but only by believing in Jesus Christ. So we also believed in Jesus Christ in order to receive God’s approval by faith in Christ and not by our own efforts. People won’t receive God’s approval by their own efforts.
• Galatians 3:8Scripture saw ahead of time that God would give his approval to non-Jewish people who have faith. So Scripture announced the Good News to Abraham ahead of time when it said, “Through you all the people of the world will be blessed.”
• Job 9:20If I am righteous, my own mouth would condemn me. It would declare that I am corrupt even if I am a man of integrity.
• Job 25:4How can a person be righteous to God? How can anyone born of a woman be pure?
• Psalms 143:2Do not take me to court for judgment, because there is no one alive who is righteous in your presence.
• Jeremiah 31:32It will not be like the promise that I made to their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of Egypt. They rejected that promise, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.

Commentaries on Acts 13:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39And by him - On his account, and through him, all that believe in his Divine mission, and the end for which he has been manifested, namely, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, are justified from all things, from the guilt of all transgressions committed against God; from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses; because it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, or any other…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39And by him - By means of him; by his sufferings and death. All that believe - See the notes on Mark 16:16. Are justified - Are regarded and treated as if they were righteous. They are pardoned, and admitted to the favor of God, and treated as if they had not offended. See this point explained in the notes on Romans 1:17; Romans 3:24-25; Romans 4:1-8. From all things - From the guilt of all offences. From which ye could not … - The Law of Moses commanded…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 38-41Verses 38-41 Let all that hear the gospel of Christ, know these two things: 1. That through this Man, who died and rose again, is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. Your sins, though many and great, may be forgiven, and they may be so without any injury to God's honour. 2. It is by Christ only that those who believe in him, and none else, are justified from all things; from all the guilt and stain of sin, from which they could not be justified by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39A life of faith is necessary to be right with God. The law of Moses alone could not provide this ability to have a right relationship (Psalm 14:1–3; see Romans 3:9–20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 38-4138-41. the forgiveness of sins--the first necessity of the sinner, and so the first experienced blessing of the Gospel.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 13

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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