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Text -- Acts 3:10-26 (NET)
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3:10 and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple , and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him .
Peter Addresses the Crowd
3:11 While the man was hanging on to Peter and John , all the people , completely astounded , ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico .
3:12 When Peter saw this, he declared to the people , “Men of Israel , why are you amazed at this ? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety ?
3:13 The God of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , the God of our forefathers , has glorified his servant Jesus , whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.
3:14 But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you .
3:15 You killed the Originator of life , whom God raised from the dead . To this fact we are witnesses !
3:16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name , his very name has made this man – whom you see and know – strong . The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all .
3:17 And now , brothers , I know you acted in ignorance , as your rulers did too.
3:18 But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets – that his Christ would suffer – he has fulfilled in this way .
3:19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out ,
3:20 so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you – that is, Jesus .
3:21 This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored , which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets .
3:22 Moses 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 .
3:23 Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people .’
3:24 And all the prophets , from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days .
3:25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors , saying to Abraham , ‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed .’
3:26 God raised up his servant and sent him first to you , to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Peter |
Word of God |
Joel, Book of |
Courage |
Minister |
Zeal |
Jesus, The Christ |
PETER, SIMON |
SIGN |
Temple |
MESSIAH |
Miracles |
Regeneration |
Quotations and Allusions |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V |
Ignorance |
QUOTATIONS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
MEDIATION; MEDIATOR |
God |
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NET Notes -> Act 3:10; Act 3:10; Act 3:11; Act 3:11; Act 3:11; Act 3:12; Act 3:12; Act 3:12; Act 3:13; Act 3:13; Act 3:13; Act 3:13; Act 3:13; Act 3:13; Act 3:13; Act 3:14; Act 3:15; Act 3:15; Act 3:15; Act 3:15; Act 3:15; Act 3:16; Act 3:16; Act 3:16; Act 3:16; Act 3:16; Act 3:16; Act 3:17; Act 3:18; Act 3:18; Act 3:18; Act 3:18; Act 3:20; Act 3:20; Act 3:20; Act 3:20; Act 3:20; Act 3:20; Act 3:21; Act 3:21; Act 3:21; Act 3:21; Act 3:21; Act 3:21; Act 3:21; Act 3:22; Act 3:22; Act 3:23; Act 3:23; Act 3:23; Act 3:24; Act 3:24; Act 3:25; Act 3:25; Act 3:25; Act 3:25; Act 3:25; Act 3:26; Act 3:26; Act 3:26
NET Notes: Act 3:10 Amazement is a frequent response to miracles of Jesus or the apostles. These took the ancients by as much surprise as they would people today. But in ...
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NET Notes: Act 3:11 Solomon’s Portico was a covered walkway formed by rows of columns supporting a roof and open on the inner side facing the center of the temple c...
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NET Notes: Act 3:12 Grk “him”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Act 3:13 This genitive absolute construction could be understood as temporal (“when he had decided”) or concessive (“although he had decided&...
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NET Notes: Act 3:15 We are witnesses. Note the two witnesses here, Peter and John (Acts 5:32; Heb 2:3-4).
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NET Notes: Act 3:17 The ignorance Peter mentions here does not excuse them from culpability. It was simply a way to say “you did not realize the great mistake you m...
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NET Notes: Act 3:22 A quotation from Deut 18:15. By quoting Deut 18:15 Peter declared that Jesus was the eschatological “prophet like [Moses]” mentioned in th...
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NET Notes: Act 3:23 A quotation from Deut 18:19, also Lev 23:29. The OT context of Lev 23:29 discusses what happened when one failed to honor atonement. One ignored the r...
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NET Notes: Act 3:24 All the prophets…have spoken about and announced. What Peter preaches is rooted in basic biblical and Jewish hope as expressed in the OT scriptu...
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