Acts 3:18
16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
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Compare
- BSB
- But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
- KJV
- But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
- WEB
- But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
- ASV
- But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
- DARBY
- but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.
- BLB
- But what God foretold through the mouth of all the prophets, [that] His Christ should suffer, He thus fulfilled.
- ÅB
- men Gud oppfylte på denne måte det som han forut forkynte ved alle profetenes munn, at hans Messias skulle lide.
- OTB
- Men Gud har oppfylt det han forutsa gjennom alle profetene, at hans Kristus skulle lide på denne måten.
- B1930
- men Gud opfylte på denne måte det som han forut forkynte ved alle profetenes munn, at hans Messias skulde lide.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 53:1–12
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Read in contextActs 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Read in contextActs 26:22–23
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
Read in contextIsaiah 50:6
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Read in contextZechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Read in contextLuke 24:26–27
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
Read in context1 Peter 1:10–11
Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
Read in contextActs 17:2–3
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
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