Acts 3:21

But heaven must be his home, until the days of the Universal Restoration, of which God has spoken by the lips of his holy prophets from the very first.

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Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

In Context

20and so that he may send you, in Jesus, your long-appointed Christ.

22Moses himself said – ‘The Lord your God will raise up from among yourselves a prophet, as he raised me. To him you will listen whenever he speaks to you.

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Cross References

Malachi 3:3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier. He will purify the descendants of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, until they are fit to bring offerings to the Lord.

Matthew 17:11“Elijah indeed does come,” Jesus replied, “and will restore everything;

Luke 1:70as he promised by the lips of his holy prophets of old –

Acts 3:19Therefore, repent and turn so that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,

Romans 8:21yet not without the hope that some day nature, also, will be set free from enslavement to decay, and will attain to the freedom which will mark the glory of the children of God.

2 Peter 3:2I want you to recall what was foretold by the holy prophets, as well as the command of our Lord and Savior given to you through your apostles.

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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