Acts 3:18

But it was in this way that God fulfilled all that he had long ago foretold, as to the sufferings of his Christ, by the lips of all the prophets.

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In The King James Version

But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

In Context

17And yet, my friends, I know that you acted as you did from ignorance, and your rulers also.

19Therefore, repent and turn so that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,

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Cross References

Genesis 3:15I will establish hostility between you and the woman, between your offspring and hers, who will wound your head, and you will wound their heel.’

Psalms 69:1Save me, O God; for the waters are threatening my life.

Zechariah 12:10And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of pity and compassion. They will look on him whom they have pierced and they will lament for him as one laments for an only son. They will bitterly grieve for him as one grieves for the firstborn.

Luke 24:26Was not the Christ bound to undergo this suffering before entering into his glory?’

Acts 2:23he, I say, in accordance with God’s definite plan and with his previous knowledge, was betrayed, and you, by the hands of lawless men, nailed him to a cross and put him to death.

Matthew Henry on Acts 3:13-26

Peter's Address after Healing the Cripple. 12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. 14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to… Read the whole commentary →

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