Acts 3:18

3:18 But the things God foretold ¹  long ago through ²  all the prophets – that his Christ ³  would suffer – he has fulfilled in this way.

Acts 7:52

7:52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors ⁴  not persecute? ⁵  They ⁶  killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, ⁷  whose betrayers and murderers you have now become! ⁸ 

[3:18]  ¹ sn God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note.

[3:18]  ² tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).

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

[7:52]  ⁴ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[7:52]  ⁵ sn Which…persecute. The rhetorical question suggests they persecuted them all.

[7:52]  ⁶ tn Grk “And they.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[7:52]  ⁷ sn The Righteous One is a reference to Jesus Christ.

[7:52]  ⁸ sn Whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. The harsh critique has OT precedent (1 Kgs 19:10-14; Neh 9:26; 2 Chr 36:16).