New American Standard Bible 1995
Acts 3:23
231And it will be that every 2soul that does not heed that prophet 3shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
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
21whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. 22Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you. And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ 24And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days. 25It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
Read all of Acts 3Acts 3:23 word by word
ἔσται δὲ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἥτις ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου ἐξολεθρευθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 3:23
- Acts 13:38Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
- Deuteronomy 18:19It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.
- Mark 16:16He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.
- John 3:18He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
- John 8:24Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
- John 12:48He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,
- Hebrews 2:3how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,
- Hebrews 10:28Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven.
- Revelation 13:8All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.
- Revelation 20:15And if anyone’s name was not found 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
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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
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