Acts 3:26

After God raised up his servant, he sent him to you first, in order to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

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Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

In Context

25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, as he said to Abraham, 'In your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.'

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Cross References

Psalms 67:6The earth has yielded its harvest 1 and God, our God, has blessed us. 1

Isaiah 59:20“A redeemer will come to Zion and to those who turn from their rebellious deeds in Jacob—this is Yahweh's declaration.

Jeremiah 33:8Then I will purify them from all the iniquity that they have committed against me. I will pardon all the iniquities that they have done against me, and all the ways that they rebelled against me.

Ezekiel 36:25Then I will sprinkle pure water on you so you will be purified from all of your impurities, and I will purify you from all of your idols.

Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent out. He instructed them and said, “Do not go to any place where Gentiles live, and do not enter any town of the Samaritans.

Luke 24:47Repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

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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