Acts 3:18-22
18But the things God foretold ▼▼sn God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note.
long ago through ▼▼tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).
all the prophets—that his Christ ▼▼tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
▼ would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way. 19Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out, 20so that times of refreshing ▼▼tn Or “relief.”
▼▼sn Times of refreshing. The phrase implies relief from difficult, distressful or burdensome circumstances. It is generally regarded as a reference to the messianic age being ushered in.
may come from the presence of the Lord, ▼ and so that he may send the Messiah ▼▼tn Or “the Christ”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
▼ appointed ▼▼tn Or “designated in advance.”
for you—that is, Jesus. 21This one ▼ heaven must ▼▼sn The term must used here (δεῖ, dei, “it is necessary”) is a key Lukan term to point to the plan of God and what must occur.
receive until the time all things are restored, ▼▼tn Grk “until the times of the restoration of all things.” Because of the awkward English style of the extended genitive construction, and because the following relative clause has as its referent the “time of restoration” rather than “all things,” the phrase was translated “until the time all things are restored.”
▼▼sn The time all things are restored. What that restoration involves is already recorded in the scriptures of the nation of Israel.
which God declared ▼▼tn Or “spoke.”
from times long ago ▼▼tn Or “from all ages past.”
▼▼sn From times long ago. Once again, God’s plan is emphasized.
through his holy prophets. 22Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey ▼ him in everything he tells you. ▼▼sn A quotation from Deut 18:15. By quoting Deut 18:15 Peter declared that Jesus was the eschatological “prophet like [Moses]” mentioned in that passage, who reveals the plan of God and the way of God.
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