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 Living Translation (NLT)Everyone who believes in him is made right in God’s sight—something the law of Moses could never do.

Context of Acts 13:39

37but He whom God raised up saw no corruption. 38Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40Beware therefore, lest what has been spoken in the prophets come upon you: 41‘Behold, you despisers, Marvel and perish! For I work a work in your days, A work which you will by no means believe, Though one were to declare it 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 shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.
• Habakkuk 2:4“Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.
• Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• John 5:24“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
• Romans 3:24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
• Romans 4:5But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,
• Romans 5:1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
• Romans 10:10For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
• 1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
• Galatians 2:16knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
• Galatians 3:8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.”
• Job 9:20Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
• Job 25:4How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?
• Psalms 143:2Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no one living is righteous.
• Jeremiah 31:32not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says 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