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Acts 3:17-19
New English Translation
Acts 3:17-19
New English Translation
17 And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance,[a] as your rulers did too. 18 But the things God foretold[b] long ago through[c] all the prophets—that his Christ[d] would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way. 19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
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- Acts 3:17 sn The ignorance Peter mentions here does not excuse them from culpability. It was simply a way to say “you did not realize the great mistake you made.”
- Acts 3:18 sn God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note.
- Acts 3:18 tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).
- Acts 3:18 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.
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