For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you.
1. Moses told us that Christ would come. Deuteronomy 18:15-19
2. Prophet is a teacher, spokesman for God, one who speaks the message of God.
1. Often we think of one who predicts the future - foreteller
2. Prophets were more - forthtellers - speaking the message of God
ACTS 3:22 ei=pen {B} The Committee regarded the several additions before or after ei=pen as natural expansions to the text, made by scribes who may have recollected the phrase o` qeo.j tw/n pate,rwn...
Verse Acts 3:22. _MOSES TRULY SAID UNTO THE FATHERS_] On this subject the reader is requested to refer to the note, Deuteronomy 18:22, Deuteronomy 18:22. From this appeal to Moses it is...
FOR MOSES TRULY SAID - The authority of Moses among the Jews was absolute and final. It was of great importance, therefore, to show not only that they were not departing from his Law, but that he had...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Healing of the lame Man (Acts 3:1)._ 2. Peter's address and appeal (Acts 3:12). The lame man, forty years old, at the gate called Beautiful is the type of the moral condition of t...
SPEECH OF PETER. Acts 3:12. The Facts. The idea and arrangement of the speech closely resemble that of Acts 2:14; it exhibits the style of controversy with the Jews. The hearers are addressed as men o...
"Now, brothers, I know that it was through ignorance that you did it, just as your rulers did. But God has thus fulfilled those things which he foretold by the mouths of all the prophets that his anoi...
A NOTABLE DEED IS DONE (Acts 3:1-10)...
FOR. Indeed. MOSES. Moses is referred to nineteen times in Acts. See note on Matthew 8:4. SAID. See Deuteronomy 18:15. So Peter claimed Deuteronomy as the work of Moses. UNTO THE FATHERS. The texts...
_For Moses truly said Truly_is here the rendering of the particle μέν, and is likely to be misunderstood, as though it meant _verily_. Read _For_ INDEED _Moses said_. Here the Apostle cites the prophe...
22. Omit γὰρ πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας with אABC. _Vulg_. ‘Moses quidem dixit.’ 22. ΜΩΫΣΗ͂Σ ΜΈΝ, _Moses indeed said_. Here the Apostle cites the prophecies to which he has been alluding. First from Deuteronom...
ST PETER’S DISCOURSE TO THE CROWD...
_RECOGNIZING THEIR DUTY TO GOD ACTS 3:19-26:_ The people were told to repent and be converted, so that their sins might be blotted out. Refreshment, joy, and peace come with the blotting out of sins....
ΑΝΑΣΤΉΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450) поднимать. См. 4Q Testim 5-9; 1QS 9:11. ΆΚΟΎΣΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. med. от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, слушать, подчиняться, ΛΑΛΉΣΗ _aor. conj. act., см._ Acts 3:2...
DISCOURSE: 1745 MOSES AND CHRIST COMPARED IN THEIR PROPHETICAL OFFICE Acts 3:22. _Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me...
A PROPHET SHALL THE LORD, &C.— See the note on Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy 18:22. The word _hear,_ Acts 3:23 signifies to _obey._ One cannot imagine a more masterly address than this, to warn the J...
ON SOLOMON'S PORCH ACTS 3:11-26. Acts 3:11 And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon'S, greatly wondering. Acts 3:12 And when Peter sa...
22, 23. For the twofold purpose of giving confirmation to the claims of Jesus, and warning his hearers as to the consequences of rejecting him, the apostle next introduces a well-known prophesy of Mos...
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. [FOR] M...
13 The word "Boy" is here used because it, like its Greek equivalent, may be used both of a child and a servant. The common version renders it _ servant_, _ child _ and _ son_. Each of these, however,...
3:22 said, (d-3) See Deuteronomy 18:15 ,Deuteronomy 18:19 ....
MOSES] see Deuteronomy 18:15 : and cp. Acts 7:37. In Dt the prophet is to be understood collectively of the line of great prophets which began with Samuel. But it received its chief fulfilment in Jesu...
THE LAME MAN HEALED 1-26. Healing of the lame man. Speech of Peter. St. Luke here singles out from the multitude of 'wonders and signs done by the Apostles' (Acts 2:43), the one which led to the firs...
PETER'S SPEECH. Peter affirms that the miracle has been performed through faith in Jesus, who, though crucified, was truly the Messiah, as was shown by His Resurrection. The Apostle takes a lenient vi...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 3 PETER CURES A MAN WHO CANNOT WALK, 3:1-10 V1 One day, Peter and John were going to the *Temple to pray. This was at three o’clock in the afte...
FOR MOSES TRULY SAID UNTO THE FATHERS. — Better, _For Moses indeed said,_ the word being one of the common conjunctions, and not the adverb which means “truthfully.” The appeal is made to Moses in his...
μὲν : answered by, or rather connected with, καὶ πάντες δὲ (Acts 3:24), “Moses indeed, yea and all the Prophets from Samuel” not “truly” as in A.V., as if μὲν were an adverb. The quotation is freely m...
SEARCHING WORDS Acts 3:11-26 Peter's sermon was delivered in the eastern colonnade of the Temple. It derived its name probably from the fact that Solomon's Porch had originally occupied that site. Th...
The men at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple is the illustration of a constant fact: approximation to God is a habit of humanity in its need. Mendicants are not often found at the doors where an infide...
A Call To Repentance On the basis of the great miracle worked in their midst and the undeniable fact of Christ's resurrection, Peter appealed to the multitude to turn from their sinful lives and be co...
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, (g) A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. (g) Th...
_Moses said. He brings them this testimony of Moses concerning the Messias, to shew the punishment they deserve for not receiving him. (Witham)_...
_“Indeed Moses said that our Lord God will raise up unto you a prophet from your brethren like unto me; him you will hear as to all things so many as he may speak unto you.”_ This prophet is none othe...
And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. (18) But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he h...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
22.By this argument he proveth that he goeth not about to cause them to revolt from Moses, because it is a part of the law to take heed to and obey this chief teacher. Here might a doubt arise, why Pe...
In Chapter 3 the Spirit addresses His testimony to the people by the mouth of Peter. God still acted in patience towards His foolish people, and with more than patience. He acts in grace towards them,...
FOR MOSES TRULY SAID UNTO THE FATHERS,.... The Jewish fathers, the Israelites in the times of Moses. The Ethiopic version reads, "our fathers". This phrase, "unto the fathers", is left out in the Vulg...
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. Ver. 22. _...
_For Moses_ The first of these prophets, whose writings have come down to us; _truly said unto the fathers_ In his early days; _A prophet shall the Lord raise up unto you_ Namely, in after times; _of...
MOSES TRULY SAID; DEUTERONOMY 18:15-19. LIKE UNTO ME; Christ was like unto Moses in being appointed of God to make known his will, and being a divinely commissioned leader of his people....
FOR MOSES TRULY SAID UNTO THE FATHERS, A PROPHET SHALL THE LORD, YOUR GOD, RAISE UP UNTO YOU OF YOUR BRETHREN LIKE UNTO ME; HIM SHALL YE HEAR IN ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER HE SHALL SAY UNTO YOU....
A final exhortation:...
In this great work the apostles were not dealing only with large numbers. As Peter and John went to the temple, not to speak, but at the mid afternoon hour of prayer, they contacted a man lame from hi...
Moses indeed said,. prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me. To him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you. 'MOSES INDEED SAID'-...
22-26 Here is a powerful address to warn the Jews of the dreadful consequences of their unbelief, in the very words of Moses, their favourite prophet, out of pretended zeal for whom they were ready t...
FOR MOSES TRULY SAID UNTO THE FATHERS; their ancestors in the wilderness, DEUTERONOMY 18:15, as also in the DEUTERONOMY 18:18. St. Peter names here but one of their prophets, but a most remarkable one...
22, 23. For the twofold purpose of giving confirmation to the claims of Jesus, and warning his hearers as to the consequences of rejecting him, the apostle next introduces a well-known prophesy of Mos...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians And that [the Son of God] was to be made man [Moses shows when] he says, "A prophet shall the Lord raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me."[9] Recogn...
Acts 3:22 For G1063 Moses G3475 truly G3303 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 fathers G3962 G3754 LORD...
PETER'S SECOND PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE (3:12-26). As in his first message Peter first refers back to the past, but this time it is to ‘the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob', the ones who had receive...
“Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up to you from among your brethren, like to me. To him shall you listen in all things whatever he shall speak to you.” Peter's thoughts now turn...
Acts 3:22-24. These verses are explanatory of the general statement of Acts 3:21, ‘Which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets.' They first speak of Moses and his famous words relating...
Acts 3:22-23. The quotation is from the LXX. Version (Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy 18:18-19). The words of the original are not exactly given, but the paraphrase of St. Peter faithfully reproduces t...
_Second Discourse of St. Peter,_ 12-26. This second sermon of St. Peter is even more briefly reported than the first. Compared with the summary Divine wisdom has preserved for us in the ‘Acts,' it mus...
LIKE UNTO ME (ως εμε). As me, literally; Moses (Deuteronomy 18:14-18) claims that God raised him up as a prophet and that another and greater one will come, the Messiah. The Jews understood Moses to...
Acts 3 The Lame Man Healed We are reminded by this incident: I. That there are some things more valuable than money. Peter with his gift of healing was of infinitely greater service to this lame ma...
Acts 3:12 The speech of Peter may be regarded in four aspects: I. As showing the false method of looking at human affairs. "As though through our own power of holiness we had made this man to walk....
You remember, dear friends, how Peter denied his Lord in the time of his trial. Now notice what a change was wrought in him after the Holy Spirit had fallen upon him on the day of Pentecost. We have o...
CONTENTS: The lame man healed at the temple gate. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter, John, lame man, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Pilate, Moses, Samuel. CONCLUSION: The hand of compassion, extended by Spirit-...
Acts 3:1. _Peter and John went into the temple at the hour of prayer._ Some read, At the same time Peter and John went into the temple, intimating that this was the afternoon of the day of pentecost....
AND DESTROYED. Deuteronomy 18:15-19. The Jews could be saved only through Christ....
_All the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering._ SOLOMON’S PORCH The porch--or better, portico or cloister--was outside the temple, on the eastern sid...
_For Moses truly said unto your fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you … like unto me._ THE PROMISED PROPHET Note-- I. The appropriateness of God revealing Himself through a hu...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:11 Peter’s second sermon in the temple area was primarily a call for Jews to repent of their rejection of Jesus as Messiah. ⇐...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 3:22 Peter quoted Deuteronomy 18:15 to establish that Jesus was the PROPHET LIKE ME that God had promised to send, and to point out the danger
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 3:18. ALL HIS HOLY PROPHETS.—Best taken as a collective phrase for the prophets as a whole. Most of the Books of the Old Testament foretell distinctly the sufferings and death...
EXPOSITION ACTS 3:1 _Were going up _for _went up together, _A.V. and T.R. PETER AND JOHN. The close friendship of these two apostles is remarkable. The origin of it appears to have been their partner...
Shall we turn to Acts, the third chapter. Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour (Acts 3:1). The day started at six o'clock in the morning, su...
Acts 7:37; Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy 18:18; Galatians 4:4;...
The Lord shall raise you up a prophet like unto me — And that in many particulars. Moses instituted the Jewish Church: Christ instituted the Christian. With the prophesying of Moses was soon joined th...
These words are recorded, Deuteronomy 18:15. and here by St. Peter pertinently applied unto Christ, to convince the unbelieving Jews, that he is the true and only Messiah, the great Prophet and Teache...