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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/acts/3.htm">New International Version</a> But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer. <a href="/nlt/acts/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah—that he must suffer these things. <a href="/esv/acts/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. <a href="/bsb/acts/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer. <a href="/blb/acts/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ should suffer, He has thus fulfilled. <a href="/kjv/acts/3.htm">King James Bible</a> But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. <a href="/nkjv/acts/3.htm">New King James Version</a> But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. <a href="/nasb_/acts/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But the things which God previously announced by the mouths of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has fulfilled in this way. <a href="/nasb/acts/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. <a href="/nasb77/acts/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ should suffer, He has thus fulfilled. <a href="/lsb/acts/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. <a href="/amp/acts/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And so God has fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ (Messiah, Anointed) would suffer. <a href="/csb/acts/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In this way God fulfilled what he had predicted through all the prophets—that his Messiah would suffer. <a href="/hcsb/acts/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Messiah would suffer—He has fulfilled in this way. <a href="/asv/acts/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled. <a href="/cev/acts/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But God had his prophets tell that his Messiah would suffer, and now he has kept this promise. <a href="/erv/acts/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> But the things which God foreshewed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled. <a href="/gwt/acts/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> But in this way God made the sufferings of his Messiah come true. God had predicted these sufferings through all the prophets. <a href="/gnt/acts/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> God announced long ago through all the prophets that his Messiah had to suffer; and he made it come true in this way. <a href="/isv/acts/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> This is how God fulfilled what he had predicted through the voice of all the prophets—that his Messiah would suffer. <a href="/msb/acts/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer. <a href="/net/acts/3.htm">NET Bible</a> But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets--that his Christ would suffer--he has fulfilled in this way. <a href="/nheb/acts/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled. <a href="/wbt/acts/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But those things which God before had shown by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. <a href="/wey/acts/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But in this way God has fulfilled the declarations He made through all the Prophets, that His Christ would suffer. <a href="/web/acts/3.htm">World English Bible</a> But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and God, what things He had declared before through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He thus fulfilled; <a href="/blb/acts/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ should suffer, He has thus fulfilled. <a href="/ylt/acts/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and God, what things before He had declared through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He did thus fulfil; <a href="/slt/acts/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> But God, announced these things beforehand by the mouth of all his prophets, for Christ to suffer, he so completed.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But those things which God before had shewed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. <a href="/cpdv/acts/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But in this way God has fulfilled the things that he announced beforehand through the mouth of all the Prophets: that his Christ would suffer. <a href="/nabre/acts/3.htm">New American Bible</a> but God has thus brought to fulfillment what he had announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But those things, which God before had preached by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he has so fulfilled. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And God has thus fulfilled the thing which before was preached by the mouth of all The Prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But the things which God fore told by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer, he has thus fulfilled. <a href="/godbey/acts/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> and those things which God proclaimed through the mouth of all the prophets that his Christ should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled. <a href="/haweis/acts/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But the things which God before announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Messiah should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled. <a href="/mace/acts/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but thus it is that God has accomplished what he had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer. <a href="/wey/acts/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But in this way God has fulfilled the declarations He made through all the Prophets, that His Christ would suffer. <a href="/worrell/acts/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> but God thus fulfilled what He before announced through the mouth of all His prophets, that His Christ should suffer. <a href="/worsley/acts/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> but thus hath God accomplished those things which He had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer. <a href="/parallel/acts/3-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=810" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/3.htm">Peter Speaks in Solomon's Colonnade</a> …17And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. 18<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/3779.htm" title="3779: houtōs (Adv) -- Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).">in this way</a> <a href="/greek/4137.htm" title="4137: eplērōsen (V-AIA-3S) -- From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.">God has fulfilled</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ha (RelPro-ANP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">what</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">He</a> <a href="/greek/4293.htm" title="4293: prokatēngeilen (V-AIA-3S) -- To announce beforehand, promise, predict. From pro and kataggello; to anounce beforehand, i.e. Predict, promise.">foretold</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">through</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pantōn (Adj-GMP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4396.htm" title="4396: prophētōn (N-GMP) -- From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.">prophets,</a> <a href="/greek/4750.htm" title="4750: stomatos (N-GNS) -- The mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword. ">saying that</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christon (N-AMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ</a> <a href="/greek/3958.htm" title="3958: pathein (V-ANA) -- I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. ">would suffer.</a> 19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-7</a> He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. ... <a href="/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25-27</a> Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! / Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?” / And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself. <a href="/luke/24-44.htm">Luke 24:44-46</a> Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.” / Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. / And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, <a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm">1 Peter 1:10-11</a> Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, / trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. <a href="/matthew/26-54.htm">Matthew 26:54-56</a> But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?” / At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. / But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled. <a href="/john/19-28.htm">John 19:28-30</a> After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” / A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth. / When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit. <a href="/acts/13-27.htm">Acts 13:27-29</a> The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. / And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed. / When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. <a href="/romans/16-25.htm">Romans 16:25-26</a> Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past / but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith— <a href="/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">1 Corinthians 15:3-4</a> For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, / that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, <a href="/hebrews/1-1.htm">Hebrews 1:1-2</a> On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. / But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. <a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Daniel 9:24-26</a> Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. / Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. / Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed. <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a> Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son. <a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1-18</a> For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? / I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest. / Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. ... <a href="/psalms/69-21.htm">Psalm 69:21</a> They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst. <a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Micah 5:2</a> But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he has so fulfilled.those.<a href="/acts/17-2.htm">Acts 17:2,3</a> And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, … <a href="/acts/26-22.htm">Acts 26:22,23</a> Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: … <a href="/acts/28-23.htm">Acts 28:23</a> And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.all.<a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a> And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.<a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1-30</a> To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? … <a href="/psalms/69-1.htm">Psalm 69:1-36</a> To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/23-4.htm">Announced</a> <a href="/acts/1-16.htm">Beforehand</a> <a href="/acts/3-6.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/acts/1-3.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/mark/13-23.htm">Foretold</a> <a href="/john/19-28.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/acts/2-1.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/acts/1-16.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/acts/2-18.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/acts/1-3.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/acts/1-3.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Undergo</a> <a href="/acts/3-11.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/3-24.htm">Announced</a> <a href="/acts/3-20.htm">Beforehand</a> <a href="/acts/3-20.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/acts/4-16.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/acts/7-17.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/acts/3-24.htm">Foretold</a> <a href="/acts/13-22.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/acts/7-23.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/acts/3-21.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/acts/3-21.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/acts/4-22.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/acts/4-9.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Undergo</a> <a href="/acts/4-21.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 3</div>1. <a href="/acts/3-1.htm">Peter preaching to the people that came to see a lame man restored to his feet,</a> 12. <a href="/acts/3-12.htm">professes the cure to have been wrought by God, and his son Jesus;</a> 13. <a href="/acts/3-13.htm">withal reprehending them for crucifying Jesus;</a> 17. <a href="/acts/3-17.htm">which because they did it through ignorance, </a> 18. <a href="/acts/3-18.htm">and that thereby were fulfilled God's determinate counsel, and the Scriptures,</a> 19. <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">he exhorts them by repentance and faith to seek remission of their sins through Jesus.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>But in this way This phrase indicates the method or manner in which God's plan was accomplished. It suggests a divine orchestration of events, emphasizing that the unfolding of these events was not random but part of a predetermined plan. This aligns with the biblical theme of God's sovereignty and providence, where He works through history to achieve His purposes.God has fulfilled The fulfillment of God's promises is a central theme in Scripture, highlighting His faithfulness and reliability. This phrase underscores the idea that what was promised in the past has now come to fruition. It reflects the biblical narrative of God’s redemptive plan, which is consistently fulfilled throughout history, as seen in the fulfillment of prophecies concerning Jesus Christ.what He foretold through all the prophets The prophets of the Old Testament, such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, spoke of the coming Messiah and the salvation He would bring. This phrase emphasizes the continuity and consistency of God's message throughout the Scriptures. It also highlights the role of prophecy in validating Jesus as the Messiah, as these prophecies were given centuries before His birth and were fulfilled in His life, death, and resurrection.saying that His Christ The term "Christ" is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew "Messiah," meaning "Anointed One." This title signifies Jesus' divine appointment and mission. The use of "His Christ" indicates possession, emphasizing that Jesus is the one chosen and sent by God. This connects to the messianic expectations found in the Old Testament, where the Messiah is depicted as a deliverer and king.would suffer The suffering of the Messiah was a concept that was difficult for many to accept, as the prevailing expectation was for a triumphant, conquering king. However, passages like <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a> vividly describe the suffering servant, who would bear the sins of many. This suffering was necessary for the atonement of sin, fulfilling the sacrificial system established in the Old Testament and pointing to Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice. This phrase highlights the paradox of the Messiah's mission, where victory is achieved through suffering and death.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign deity who orchestrates the fulfillment of prophecy. 2. <a href="/topical/p/prophets.htm">Prophets</a> Messengers of God who foretold the coming and suffering of the Messiah. 3. <a href="/topical/c/christ.htm">Christ (Messiah)</a> Refers to Jesus, the anointed one, who fulfills the prophecies through His suffering. 4. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle speaking in this passage, addressing the crowd after healing a lame man. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where these events and Peter's speech take place.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> God's plan is sovereign and unfolds according to His divine will. The suffering of Christ was not an accident but a fulfillment of what was foretold. <a href="/topical/u/understanding_scripture.htm">Understanding Scripture</a> Believers are encouraged to study the Old Testament prophecies to see how they point to Christ, deepening their understanding of God's redemptive plan. <a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_suffering.htm">The Necessity of Suffering</a> Christ's suffering was essential for the salvation of humanity. Believers can find purpose in their own suffering, knowing it can be used for God's glory. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> The fulfillment of prophecy demonstrates God's faithfulness to His promises. Believers can trust that God will fulfill His promises in their lives. <a href="/topical/w/witnessing_with_boldness.htm">Witnessing with Boldness</a> Like Peter, believers are called to boldly proclaim the truth of the Gospel, using Scripture to explain and validate their faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 3</a> <a href="/q/is_paul_a_false_prophet.htm">Is Paul a false prophet?</a> <a href="/q/why_different_versions_of_paul's_conversion.htm">Why does Acts record different versions of Paul's conversion story?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_i_comprehend_the_bible.htm">How do I comprehend the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_prophets'_role_in_god's_plan.htm">What role do prophets play in God's plan?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Those things, which God before had shewed.--As in <a href="/acts/1-16.htm" title="Men and brothers, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.">Acts 1:16</a>; <a href="/acts/2-23.htm" title="Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:">Acts 2:23</a>, we have again an echo of the method of prophetic interpretation which the Apostles had learnt from their Lord.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - The things for those things, A.V.; foreshowed or before had showed, A.V.; the prophets for his prophets, A.V. and T.R.; his Christ for Christ, A.V. and T.R.; he thus fulfilled for he hath so fulfilled, A.V. He even excuses their ignorance by showing how the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God was brought about through it (comp. Gem 45:5, and see above, <a href="/acts/1-23.htm">Acts 1:23</a>). <a href="/commentaries/acts/3-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>But δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. in this way οὕτως (houtōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3779.htm">Strong's 3779: </a> Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). [God] has fulfilled ἐπλήρωσεν (eplērōsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4137.htm">Strong's 4137: </a> From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc. what ἃ (ha) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. [He] Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. foretold προκατήγγειλεν (prokatēngeilen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4293.htm">Strong's 4293: </a> To announce beforehand, promise, predict. From pro and kataggello; to anounce beforehand, i.e. Predict, promise. through διὰ (dia) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. all πάντων (pantōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. prophets, προφητῶν (prophētōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4396.htm">Strong's 4396: </a> From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet. [saying that] στόματος (stomatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4750.htm">Strong's 4750: </a> The mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Christ Χριστὸν (Christon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. would suffer. παθεῖν (pathein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_3958.htm">Strong's 3958: </a> I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/3-18.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 3:18 But the things which God announced (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/3-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 3:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 3:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 3:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 3:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>