ACTS—NOTE ON Acts 13:38 freed. The Greek verb here is regularly translated “justified” and means “to declare innocent, to justify.” Many Jews sought to deal with their sin through living by the law of Moses. The law cannot free a person from sin, though. Not only do all people fail to keep it but it was never designed to bring about final atonement for sins (Galatians 3:10; Hebrews 10:1).

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