Acts 2:39

For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, as many people as the Lord our God will call.”

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For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

In Context

38Then Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

40With many other words he testified and urged them; he said, “Save yourselves from this wicked generation.”

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Cross References

Psalms 115:14May Yahweh increase your numbers more and more, 1 yours and your descendants'. 1

Isaiah 54:13Then all your children will be taught by Yahweh; 1 and the peace of your children will be great. 1

Isaiah 59:19So they will fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the sun's rising; for he will come as a rushing stream, driven by the breath of Yahweh. 1

Ezekiel 37:25They will live in the land that I have given to my servant Jacob, where your fathers had stayed. They will live in it forever—they, their children, and their grandchildren, for David my servant will be their chief forever.

Joel 2:32It will be that everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved. 1 For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, 1 as Yahweh has said, 1 and among the survivors, 1 those whom Yahweh calls.

Acts 10:45The people who belonged to the circumcision group of believers—all of those who came with Peter—were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out also on the Gentiles.

Matthew Henry on Acts 2:38-42

Peter's Sermon at Jerusalem. 37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 40 And with many other words did… Read the whole commentary →

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