Acts 3
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Acts 3:12-19

12But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why are you staring at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? 131The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 2the God of our fathers, has glorified His 34Servant Jesus, the one whom 5you handed over and disowned in the presence of 6Pilate, when he had 7decided to release Him. 14But you disowned 8the Holy and Righteous One, and 9asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15but put to death the 1011Prince of life, whom 12God raised from the dead, 13a fact to which we are 14witnesses. 16And on the basis of faith 15in His name, it is 16the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

17“And now, brothers, I know that you acted 17in ignorance, just as your 18rulers also did. 18But the things which 19God previously announced by the mouths of all the prophets, 20that His 21Christ would suffer, He has fulfilled in this way. 19Therefore 22repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that 23times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 3:13 Matt 22:32 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 3:13 Ex 3:13, 15; Acts 5:30; 7:32; 22:14 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 3:13 Or Son ↩
  4. 4. Acts 3:13 Acts 3:26; 4:27, 30 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 3:13 Matt 20:19; John 19:11; Acts 2:23 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 3:13 Matt 27:2 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 3:13 Luke 23:4 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 3:14 Mark 1:24; Acts 4:27; 7:52; 2 Cor 5:21 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 3:14 Matt 27:20; Mark 15:11; Luke 23:18, 25 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 3:15 Or Originator ↩
  11. 11. Acts 3:15 Acts 5:31; Heb 2:10; 12:2 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 3:15 Acts 2:24 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 3:15 Or of whom we ↩
  14. 14. Acts 3:15 Luke 24:48 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 3:16 Acts 3:6 ↩
  16. 16. Acts 3:16 Lit His name ↩
  17. 17. Acts 3:17 Luke 23:34; John 15:21; Acts 13:27; 26:9; Eph 4:18 ↩
  18. 18. Acts 3:17 Luke 23:13 ↩
  19. 19. Acts 3:18 Acts 2:23 ↩
  20. 20. Acts 3:18 Luke 24:27; Acts 17:3; 26:23 ↩
  21. 21. Acts 3:18 I.e., Messiah ↩
  22. 22. Acts 3:19 Acts 2:38; 26:20 ↩
  23. 23. Acts 3:19 2 Thess 1:7; Heb 4:1ff ↩

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