Acts 3:14-19

3:14 But you rejected ¹  the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you. 3:15 You killed ²  the Originator ³  of life, whom God raised ⁴  from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses! ⁵  3:16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ ⁶  name, ⁷  his very name has made this man – whom you see and know – strong. The ⁸  faith that is through Jesus ⁹  has given him this complete health in the presence ¹⁰  of you all. 3:17 And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, ¹¹  as your rulers did too. 3:18 But the things God foretold ¹²  long ago through ¹³  all the prophets – that his Christ ¹⁴  would suffer – he has fulfilled in this way. 3:19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

[3:14]  ¹ tn Or “denied,” “disowned.”

[3:15]  ² tn Or “You put to death.”

[3:15]  ³ tn Or “Founder,” “founding Leader.”

[3:15]  ⁴ sn Whom God raised. God is the main actor here, as he testifies to Jesus and vindicates him.

[3:15]  ⁵ tn Grk “whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.” The two consecutive relative clauses make for awkward English style, so the second was begun as a new sentence with the words “to this fact” supplied in place of the Greek relative pronoun to make a complete sentence in English.

[3:16]  ³ tn Grk “in his name”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ⁴ sn Here is another example of appeal to the person by mentioning the name. See the note on the word name in 3:6.

[3:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “see and know, and the faith.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation and καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated.

[3:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ⁷ tn Or “in full view.”

[3:17]  ⁴ sn 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 made.”

[3:18]  ⁵ sn God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note.

[3:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).

[3:18]  ⁷ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”