Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 3:21
(f) Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
(f) Or, be taken up into heaven.
(f) Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
(f) Or, be taken up into heaven.
ACTS 3:21 avpV aivw/noj auvtou/ profhtw/n {B} Variation in wording seems to have been occasioned by the possibility of taking tw/n a`gi,wn as a noun followed by an appositive. The omission of avpV ai...
Verse Acts 3:21. _WHOM THE HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE_] He has already appeared upon earth, and accomplished the end of his appearing; he has ascended unto heaven, to administer the concerns of his kingdom,...
WHOM THE HEAVENS MUST RECEIVE - The common belief of the Jews was, that the Messiah would reign on the earth forever, John 12:34. On this account they would object that Jesus could not be the Messiah,...
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)...
THE HEAVEN. No art. See Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. UNTIL. Greek. _achri._ RESTITUTION. Greek. _apokatastasis =_ re-establishment from. state of ruin. Only here. HATH SPOKEN. spoke. Greek. _laleo._...
_whom the heaven must receive_ and retain, as we are witnesses that He has been taken up into heaven. _until the times of restitution_ Better, RESTORATION _of all things_, i.e. at Christ's second comi...
ΤΩ͂Ν ἉΓΊΩΝ for πάντων ἁγίων with אABCD. _Vulg_. ‘per os sanctorum, &c.’ ἈΠ' ΑἸΩ͂ΝΟΣ before ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ with אABC. The _Vulg_. has ‘suorum a sæculo prophetarum,’ which does not leave ἀπ' αἰῶνος to the end...
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....
ΔΕΙ (G1163) _praes. ind. act._ необходимо, указывает на логическую необходимость, с _inf._ ΔΈΞΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G1209) принимать, ΆΠΟΚΑΤΆΣΤΑΣΙΣ (G605) восстановление. Исполне...
REPENT YE THEREFORE, &C.— Dr. Benson paraphrases these verses thus: "As there is great ground for hope and encouragement, let me intreat of you to _repent,_ and immediately accept of Jesus as the Mess...
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...
See notes on verse 19...
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. WHOM [THE] HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE UNTIL TH...
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,...
3:21 began. (c-29) 'Since time began' refers to 'holy prophets.' lit. 'his holy since-time-began prophets.'...
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...
WHOM THE HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE] i.e. retain. This rendering is better than the alternative one, 'who must hold the heaven in possession.' RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS] In Matthew 17:11 a restitution of all...
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...
WHOM THE HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE. — The words have a pregnant force: “must receive and keep.” UNTIL THE TIMES OF RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS. — The “times” seem distinguished from the “seasons” as more perm...
μὲν : no answering δέ expressed, but the antithesis is found in the ἄχρι χρόνων ἀποκ., “quasi dicat: ubi illud tempus venerit, ex coelo in terras redibit,” Grotius (so Weiss, Blass). ὅν δεῖ οὐρανὸν δέ...
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...
Whom heaven indeed must receive, as also in the Protestant translation not contain: nor can any argument be drawn from hence, that Christ's body cannot be truly at the same time in the holy Sacrament,...
_“Whom it behooveth heaven indeed to receive until the times of the restitution of all things which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from the beginning.”_ This Scripture reveals the fa...
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...
21._Whom the heaven must contain. _Because men’s senses are always bent and inclined towards the gross and earthly beholding of God and Christ, the Jews might think with themselves that Christ was pre...
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,...
WHOM THE HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE,.... Hold and retain in his human nature; and which does not at all hinder or confront his mission, and coming to his people, in the mean while, in a spiritual way and man...
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Ver. 21. _Whom the heavens must receive u...
_Repent ye, therefore_, &c. Let it, therefore, be your principal and immediate care to secure an interest in the benefits procured by his death; and in order thereto, repent of this and all your other...
TIMES OF RESTITUTION; when Christ shall appear in his glory, establish his kingdom as foretold in the Scriptures, and reward every man according to his works. Matthew 25:31-46....
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...
WHOM HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE UNTIL THE TIMES OF RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS, WHICH GOD HAS SPOKEN BY THE MOUTH OF ALL HIS HOLY PROPHETS SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN. 1. Jesus is now in heaven, at the right hand o...
whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of His holy prophets that have been from of old. 'UNTIL THE TIMES OF RESTORATION OF ALL THING...
19-21 The absolute necessity of repentance is to be solemnly charged upon the consciences of all who desire that their sins may be blotted out, and that they may share in the refreshment which nothin...
WHOM THE HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE; that is, contain after it hath received him, as a real place doth a true body; for such Christ's body was, which was received into heaven: and heaven is the palace and th...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II Now, just Lot (for I pass over at present the account of the economy of regeneration[185]...
Acts 3:21 whom G3739 heaven G3772 G3303 must G1163 (G5748) receive G1209 (G5664) until G891 times...
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...
“Repent you therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ who has been appoi...
_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...
Acts 3:21. WHOM THE HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE. Some commentators (_e g._ Bengel, Olshausen, Stier) have adopted another rendering of the Greek words (which makes ὅν the subject) ‘who must receive heaven.' c...
RESTORATION (αποκαταστασεως). Double compound (απο, κατα, ιστημ), here only in the N.T., though common in late writers. In papyri and inscriptions for repairs to temples and this phrase occurs in Je...
RESTITUTION (Greek, "apokatastasis"", means "restoration", occurring here and (Acts 1:6) only.) The meaning is limited by the words: "Which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets." The...
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....
Acts 3:19 , ACTS 3:21 The Restitution of All Things will be: I. A clearing away of suffering. Earth shall be restored to its original beauty; its face shall be wiped from tears; its scarred and stain...
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...
Acts 3:1. _Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour._ Peter and John seem to have been linked in closest friendship. Peter had been brought back...
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....
UNTIL THE TIME COMES. Christ must reign (1 Corinthians 15:25) during the Gospel Age, until the time for the New Heavens and New Earth (2 Peter 3:12-13; Revelation 21:1-4)....
_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...
_Repent ye therefore and be converted._ APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION I. The Apostle Bade Men Repent And Be Converted. 1. Repent signifies, in its literal meaning, to change one’s mind. It has been translat...
_Whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution of all things._ TIMES OF RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS The “times” seem distinguished from the “seasons” as more permanent. This is the only...
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 3:21 THE TIME FOR RESTORING ALL THE THINGS. Christ will return and his kingdom will be established on earth. The earth will be renewed beyond what it was before Adam and Eve’s fall ...
_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...
2 Peter 1:21; 2 Peter 3:2; Acts 1:11; Acts 10:43; Acts 3:19;...
Of restitution [α π ο κ α τ α σ τ α σ ε ω ς]. Only here in New Testament. The kindred verb, to restore, occurs Matthew 17:11; Acts 1:6, etc. As a technical medical term, it denotes complete restoratio...
FULFILLED PROPHECIES VERIFY UNFULFILLED PROPHECIES Acts 3:17 _; Acts 13:27_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Scripture chosen for today, is worth our thought. The first Scripture was spoken by Peter, the sec...
Till the times of the restitution of all things — The apostle here comprises at once the whole course of the times of the New Testament, between our Lord's ascension and his coming in glory. The most...
Will all things be restored to God or just some things? PROBLEM: On the one hand, this verse speaks of the “restoration of all things,” which seems to imply that all will eventually be saved. On the o...