Acts 3:18

Acts 3:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
• New International Version (NIV)But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

Context of Acts 3:18

16We believe in the one named Jesus. Through his power alone this man, whom you know, was healed, as all of you saw. 17“And now, brothers, I know that like your rulers you didn’t know what you were doing. But in this way God made the sufferings of his Messiah come true. God had predicted these sufferings through all the prophets. 19So change the way you think and act, and turn ⌞to God⌟ to have your sins removed. 20Then times will come when the Lord will refresh you. He will send you Jesus, whom he has appointed to be the Christ.

Acts 3:18 word by word

ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἃ προκατήγγειλεν διὰ στόματος πάντων τῶν προφητῶν παθεῖν τὸν χριστὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπλήρωσεν οὕτως.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• those thingsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• before had shewedπροκαταγγέλλωprokataggellō · to foretellG4293
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750
• of allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
• thatπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• he hathπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779

Cross-references for Acts 3:18

• Acts 17:2As usual, Paul went into the synagogue. On three consecutive days of rest—holy days, he had discussions about Scripture with the synagogue members.
• Acts 26:22“God has been helping me to this day so that I can stand and testify to important and unimportant people. I tell them only what the prophets and Moses said would happen.
• Acts 28:23On a designated day a larger number of influential Jews ⌞than expected⌟ went to the place where Paul was staying. From morning until evening, Paul was explaining God’s kingdom to them. He was trying to convince them about Jesus from Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets.
• Luke 24:26Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
• 1 Corinthians 15:3I passed on to you the most important points of doctrine that I had received: Christ died to take away our sins as the Scriptures predicted.
• 1 Peter 1:10The prophets carefully researched and investigated this salvation. Long ago they spoke about God’s kindness that would come to you.
• Revelation 19:10I bowed at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Don’t do that! I am your coworker and a coworker of the Christians who hold on to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy!”
• Genesis 3:15I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other. I will make your descendants and her descendant hostile toward each other. He will crush your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away from helping me, so far away from the words of my groaning?
• Psalms 69:1Save me, O God! The water is already up to my neck!
• Isaiah 50:6I will offer my back to those who whip me and my cheeks to those who pluck hairs out of my beard. I will not turn my face away from those who humiliate me and spit on me.
• Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord’s power been revealed?
• Daniel 9:26But after the sixty-two sets of seven time periods, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The city and the holy place will be destroyed with the prince who is to come. His end will come with a flood until the end of the destructive war that has been determined.
• Zechariah 12:10“I will pour out the Spirit of blessing and mercy on David’s family and on those who live in Jerusalem. They will look at me, whom they have stabbed. Then they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will cry bitterly for him as one cries for a firstborn son.
• Zechariah 13:7“Arise, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my friend,” declares the Lord of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. Then I will turn my hand against the little ones.”

Commentaries on Acts 3:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18But those things - he hath so fulfilled - Your ignorance and malice have been overruled by the sovereign wisdom and power of God, and have become the instruments of fulfilling the Divine purpose, that Christ must suffer, in order to make an atonement for the sin of the world. All the prophets had declared this; some of them in express terms, others indirectly and by symbols; but, as the whole Mosaic dispensation referred to Christ, all that prophesied or…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18But those things - To wit, those things that did actually occur, pertaining to the life and death of the Messiah. Had showed - Had announced, or foretold. By the mouth of all his prophets - That is, by the prophets in general, without affirming that each individual prophet had uttered a distinct prediction respecting this. The prophets “taken together,” or the prophecies “as a whole,” had declared this. The word “all” is not infrequently used in this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-18Verses 12-18 Observe the difference in the manner of working the miracles. Our Lord always spoke as having Almighty power, never hesitated to receive the greatest honour that was given to him on account of his Divine miracles. But the apostles referred all to their Lord, and refused to receive any honour, except as his undeserving instruments. This shows that Jesus was one with the Father, and co-equal with Him; while the apostles knew that they were…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-26The speeches in the book of Acts about telling others the good news focus on Jesus, who was put to death on a cross and raised to life. These speeches call people to repent and to place their faith in Jesus as the promised Messiah and the judge God has appointed (2:38; 3:19; 11:18; 17:30; 26:20). They also announce the same good news for the people of Israel and for Gentiles everywhere: there is "peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all" (10:36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2117-21. And now, brethren--Our preacher, like his Master, "will not break the bruised reed." His heaviest charges are prompted by love, which now hastens to assuage the wounds it was necessary to inflict. I wot--"know." through ignorance ye did it--(See marginal references, Lu 23:34; Ac 13:27; 26:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 3:18

• Courage
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Predestination
• Prophets
• Salvation
• Zeal, Religious

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• Christ
• God
• Christ, Messiah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Alms
• Convert
• Foretell
• Glorify
• Peter
• Predestination

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