Acts 3:2
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:2 ALMS. Money or goods given to the poor. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:2 ALMS. Money or goods given to the poor. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:6 To heal IN THE NAME OF JESUS was to do so by his power and presence. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:11 Peter’s second sermon in the temple area was primarily a call for Jews to repent of their rejection of Jesus as Messiah. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:13 The reference to Jesus as God’s SERVANT recalls Isaiah 52:13. YOU DELIVERED OVER AND DENIED.... YOU DENIED.... YOU KILLED. Thus the people need Jesus’ forgiveness, which he will give if they repent of their previous unbelief. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName(... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:14 HOLY One and RIGHTEOUS ONE are messianic terms (see Isaiah 53:11; Mark 1:24). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:15 YOU KILLED... GOD RAISED.... WE ARE WITNESSES. The truth of Jesus’ death and resurrection is a recurring theme in the speeches in Acts 1:1 (see Acts 2:23; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39; Acts 13:28; see also... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:16 BY FAITH IN HIS NAME refers to Peter’s faith, not to faith on the part of the lame man. THE FAITH THAT IS THROUGH JESUS. Jesus himself gives believers this kind of miracle-working faith. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length,... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:17 YOU ACTED IN IGNORANCE, AS DID ALSO YOUR RULERS. They did not fully understand that Jesus was the Messiah and the true Son of God. But such ignorance does not release people from responsibility for their actions. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (v... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:18 See notes on 2:23; 3:13–16; 3:17; 4:27. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:20 People experience TIMES OF REFRESHING when the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within them. This “refreshing” comes also to the world in general through believers who are changed by the Spirit’s power. THAT HE MAY SEND THE CHRIST is a clear reference to the second coming of Christ... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:21 THE TIME FOR RESTORING ALL THE THINGS. Christ will return and his kingdom will be established on earth. The earth will be renewed beyond what it was before Adam and Eve’s fall (see note on Rom. 8:20–21). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, l... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:22 Peter quoted Deuteronomy 18:15 to establish that Jesus was the PROPHET LIKE ME that God had promised to send, and to point out the danger of rejecting Jesus. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:24 SAMUEL was considered the next prophet after Moses. THESE DAYS. The coming of Christ and the new covenant age that began at Pentecost. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:25 ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH. The gospel’s worldwide mission was already present in Peter’s message. Later, however, he would more fully understand what that mission entailed (see Acts 10:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.l... [ Continue Reading ]