To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities. "

1. The good news came to the Jewish nation first.

1. It was preached on Pentecost.

2. On Paul's journeys, he went to the Jews first. See Romans 1:16. The gospel was for the Jew first, also the Greek (Gentile).

2. Jesus came to bring you back from your iniquities. He came to save you from your sins.

3. Iniquities is another word for sin. Thayer says this word means, "depravity, wickedness, malice, evil purposes and desires".

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