Acts 3:23

3:23 Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’

Acts 25:22

25:22 Agrippa said to Festus, “I would also like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he replied, “you will hear him.”


tn Grk “every soul” (here “soul” is an idiom for the whole person).

tn Or “will be completely destroyed.” In Acts 3:23 the verb ἐξολεθρεύω (exoleqreuw) is translated “destroy and remove” by L&N 20.35.

sn 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 required sacrifice of God at one’s peril.

sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

tn Grk “said.”