Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.” New Living Translation When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.” English Standard Version God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.” Berean Standard Bible When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.” Berean Literal Bible God, having raised up His servant, sent Him first to you, blessing you in turning away each of you from your wickednesses." King James Bible 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. New King James Version To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.” New American Standard Bible God raised up His Servant for you first, and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.” NASB 1995 “For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.” NASB 1977 “For you first, God raised up His Servant, and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.” Legacy Standard Bible For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.” Amplified Bible It was for you first of all that God raised up His Servant and Son [Jesus], and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.” Christian Standard Bible God raised up his servant and sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.” Holman Christian Standard Bible God raised up His Servant and sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.” American Standard Version Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “God appointed to you from the first and sent his Son to bless you, if you are converted, and you return from your evils.” Contemporary English Version God sent his chosen Son to you first, because God wanted to bless you and make each one of you turn away from your sins. Douay-Rheims Bible To you first God, raising up his Son, hath sent him to bless you; that every one may convert himself from his wickedness. English Revised Version Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities. GOD'S WORD® Translation God has brought his servant back to life and has sent him to you first. God did this to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways." Good News Translation And so God chose his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by making every one of you turn away from your wicked ways." International Standard Version When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways." Literal Standard Version to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, sent Him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.” Majority Standard Bible When God raised up His Servant Jesus, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.” New American Bible For you first, God raised up his servant and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.” NET Bible God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities." New Revised Standard Version When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.” New Heart English Bible God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness." Webster's Bible Translation To you first, God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. Weymouth New Testament It is to you first that God, after raising His Servant from the grave, has sent Him to bless you, by causing every one of you to turn from your wickedness." World English Bible God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.” Young's Literal Translation to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Peter Speaks in Solomon's Colonnade…25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ 26 When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.” Cross References Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim's moaning: 'You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God. Matthew 15:24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." John 4:22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Acts 2:24 But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches. Acts 2:32 God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses. Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: "It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. Treasury of Scripture To you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. first. Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 13:26,32,33,46,47 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent… Acts 18:4-6 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks… having. Acts 3:15,22 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses… sent. Acts 3:20,25 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: … Psalm 67:6,7 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us… Psalm 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. in. Isaiah 59:20,21 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD… Jeremiah 32:38-41 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: … Jeremiah 33:8,9 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me… Jump to Previous Bless Blessing Causing Child Evil First Grave Iniquities Jesus Raised Raising Servant Sins Turn Turning Ways Wicked WickednessJump to Next Bless Blessing Causing Child Evil First Grave Iniquities Jesus Raised Raising Servant Sins Turn Turning Ways Wicked WickednessActs 3 1. Peter preaching to the people that came to see a lame man restored to his feet,12. professes the cure to have been wrought by God, and his son Jesus; 13. withal reprehending them for crucifying Jesus; 17. which because they did it through ignorance, 18. and that thereby were fulfilled God's determinate counsel, and the Scriptures, 19. he exhorts them by repentance and faith to seek remission of their sins through Jesus. (26) Unto you first. . . .--Here again we note, even in the very turn of the phrase as well as of the thought, an agreement with St. Paul's formula of the purpose of God being manifested "to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile" (Acts 13:46; Romans 1:16; Romans 2:9-10). St. Peter does not as yet know the conditions under which the gospel will be preached to the heathen; but his words imply a distinct perception that there was a call to preach to them. His Son Jesus.--Better, as before, Servant. (See Note on Acts 3:13.) Sent him to bless you.--The Greek structure gives the present participle where the English has the infinitive, sent Him as in the act of blessing. The verb which strictly and commonly expresses a spoken benediction is here used in a secondary sense, as conveying the reality of blessedness. And the blessing is found, not in mere exemption from punishment, not even in pardon and reconciliation, but in a change of heart, in "turning each man from his wickednesses." The plural of the abstract noun implies, as in Mark 7:22, all the many concrete forms in which man's wickedness could show itself. . . . Verse 26. - Servant for Son Jesus, A.V. and T.R.; your for his, A.V. Unto you first. In virtue of the covenant, the first offer of salvation was made to the Jews (see Acts 1:8; Acts 13:26, 46; Luke 24:47; Romans 2:10, etc.; comp. Matthew 15:24). His Servant (as in ver. 13). As regards the phrase, "having raised up," however natural it is at first sight to understand it of the raising from the dead, the tenses make it impossible to do so. Nor could it be said that God sent Jesus to bless them after his resurrection. We must, therefore, understand ἀναστήσας as to be equivalent to ἐξαγείρας, and to mean "having appointed," set up, raised up (as the English word is used, Luke 1:69; Romans 9:17). In this sense God raised up his Servant by the incarnation, birth, anointing, and mission to be the Savior. To bless you; to fulfill to you the blessing promised to Abraham's seed. In turning away, etc., deliverance from sin being the chief blessing which Christ bestows upon his people (so Acts 5:31, repentance is spoken of as Christ's great gift to Israel). So closed the second great apostolic sermon.
Greek [When] GodΘεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. raised up ἀναστήσας (anastēsas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 450: To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. servant, Παῖδα (Paida) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3816: Perhaps from paio; a boy, or, a girl, and a child; specially, a slave or servant. He sent ἀπέστειλεν (apesteilen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively. Him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. first πρῶτον (prōton) Adverb - Superlative Strong's 4412: First, in the first place, before, formerly. Neuter of protos as adverb; firstly. to you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. to bless εὐλογοῦντα (eulogounta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2127: (lit: I speak well of) I bless; pass: I am blessed. From a compound of eu and logos; to speak well of, i.e. to bless. you ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. by ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. turning ἀποστρέφειν (apostrephein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's 654: To turn away, pervert, remove; I restore, replace; mid: I desert, reject. From apo and strepho; to turn away or back. each [of you] ἕκαστον (hekaston) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. wicked ways.” πονηριῶν (ponēriōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Strong's 4189: Wickedness, iniquities. From poneros; depravity, i.e., malice; plural plots, sins. Links Acts 3:26 NIVActs 3:26 NLT Acts 3:26 ESV Acts 3:26 NASB Acts 3:26 KJV Acts 3:26 BibleApps.com Acts 3:26 Biblia Paralela Acts 3:26 Chinese Bible Acts 3:26 French Bible Acts 3:26 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 3:26 God having raised up his servant Jesus (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
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