Acts 3:25

Acts 3:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
• New International Version (NIV)And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

Context of Acts 3:25

23And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ 24And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken from Samuel and his successors onward, have also announced these days. It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ 26God raised up His Servant for you first, and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”

Acts 3:25 word by word

ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῆς διαθήκης ἧς διέθετο ὁ θεὸς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ· καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου ἐνευλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς.Read the interlinear

• the sonsυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of the prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
• covenantδιαθήκηdiathēkē · covenantG1242
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• ordainedδιατίθημιdiatithemai · to make a covenantG1303
• with your fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• to AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
• And in your seedσπέρμαsperma · seed: offspringG4690
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the familiesπατριάpatria · family lineG3965
• of the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• shall be blessedἐνευλογέομαιeneulogeō · be blessedG1757

Cross-references for Acts 3:25

• Acts 2:39For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
• Acts 13:26“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.
• Genesis 20:7Now then, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”
• Genesis 27:36Then Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob, for he has betrayed me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”
• Genesis 48:14But Israel reached out his right hand and placed it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
• Genesis 49:1Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves, so that I may tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.
• Psalms 105:8He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
• Matthew 3:9and do not assume that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you that God is able, from these stones, to raise up children for Abraham.
• Genesis 17:9God said further to Abraham, “Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
• 1 Chronicles 16:17He also confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
• Nehemiah 9:8You found his heart faithful before You, And made a covenant with him To give him the land of the Canaanite, Of the Hittite and the Amorite, Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite-- To give it to his descendants. And You have fulfilled Your promise, Because You are righteous.
• Luke 1:72To show mercy to our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,
• Romans 9:4who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons and daughters, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the temple service, and the promises;
• Romans 15:8For I say that Christ has become a servant to the circumcision in behalf of the truth of God, to confirm the promises given to the fathers,
• Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise.
• Genesis 12:3And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

Commentaries on Acts 3:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Ye are the children of the prophets - This is the argumentum ad hominem: as ye are the children or disciples of the prophets, ye are bound to believe their predictions, and obey their precepts; and not only so, but ye are entitled to their promises. Your duty and your interest go hand in hand; and there is not a blessing contained in the covenant which was made with your fathers but belongs to you. Now, as this covenant respected the blessings of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Ye are the children of the prophets - Greek: “Ye are the sons of the prophets.” The meaning is, not that they were literally the “descendants” of the prophets, but that they were their “disciples,” “pupils,” “followers.” They professed to follow the prophets as their teachers and guides. Teachers among the Jews were often spoken of under the appellation of fathers, and disciples as sons, Matthew 12:27. See notes on Matthew 1:1. As they were the professed…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. 25all the families of the earth will be blessed: God always intended the covenant people to share his blessings with the world, not for the Jews to be selfish and keep God's blessing only for themselves.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