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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"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/acts/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/acts/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Moses said, ‘Anyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from God’s people.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/acts/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/acts/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And it will be <i>that</i> every soul who might not heed that prophet will be utterly destroyed out from the people.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And it shall be <i>that</i> every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And it shall be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />AND IT WILL BE THAT EVERY SOUL THAT DOES NOT HEED THAT PROPHET SHALL BE UTTERLY DESTROYED FROM AMONG THE PEOPLE.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And it will be that every person that does not listen to <i>and</i> heed that Prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be completely cut off from the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And everyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from the people.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/acts/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />No one who disobeys this prophet will be one of God's people any longer." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it shall be, that every soul, which shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Those who won't listen to that prophet will be excluded from the people.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Anyone who does not obey that prophet shall be separated from God's people and destroyed.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass, that every soul who will not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And every one, without exception, who refuses to listen to that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the People.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />It will be that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and it will be, every soul that may not hear that Prophet will be utterly destroyed out of the people;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And it will be <i>that</i> every soul who might not heed that prophet will be utterly destroyed out from the people.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and it shall be, every soul that may not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed out of the people;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it shall be, whoever hears not that prophet, shall be destroyed from the people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And it shall be, that every soul which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And this shall be: every soul who will not listen to that Prophet shall be exterminated from the people.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be cut off from the people.’ <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And it will be that everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be utterly rooted out of the people.’<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass that every soul which will not listen to that prophet, shall be lost from her people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“It shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet, that soul shall perish from among his people.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass, that every soul that will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass, that every soul whosoever will not hear that prophet, shall be cut off from the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />But it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly exterminated from amidst the people.?<RX 5.18.18-19><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and whoever he be that will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And every one, without exception, who refuses to listen to that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the People.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And it shall be, that every soul that will not hearken to that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />and every soul, who will not hearken to that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people: yea and all the prophets from Samuel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/3-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=857" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/3.htm">Peter Speaks in Solomon's Colonnade</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estai (V-FIM-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist."></a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasa (Adj-NFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">Everyone</a> <a href="/greek/5590.htm" title="5590: psychē (N-NFS) -- From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely."></a> <a href="/greek/3748.htm" title="3748: hētis (RelPro-NFS) -- Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. ">who</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/191.htm" title="191: akousē (V-ASA-3S) -- To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.">does not listen</a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: ekeinou (DPro-GMS) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4396.htm" title="4396: prophētou (N-GMS) -- From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.">to Him</a> <a href="/greek/1842.htm" title="1842: exolethreuthēsetai (V-FIP-3S) -- To destroy utterly, annihilate, exterminate, root out. From ek and olothreuo; to extirpate.">will be completely cut off</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from among</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">his</a> <a href="/greek/2992.htm" title="2992: laou (N-GMS) -- Apparently a primary word; a people.">people.’</a> </span> <span class="reftext">24</span>Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-19.htm">Deuteronomy 18:19</a></span><br />And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-29.htm">Leviticus 23:29</a></span><br />If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-36.htm">John 3:36</a></span><br />Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/2-2.htm">Hebrews 2:2-3</a></span><br />For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, / how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-14.htm">Matthew 10:14-15</a></span><br />And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. / Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-16.htm">Luke 10:16</a></span><br />Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-48.htm">John 12:48</a></span><br />There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-28.htm">Hebrews 10:28-29</a></span><br />Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. / How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8-9</a></span><br />in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-18.htm">Revelation 22:18-19</a></span><br />I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. / And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Romans 2:8-9</a></span><br />But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger. / There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-15.htm">1 Samuel 12:15</a></span><br />But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-19.htm">Jeremiah 29:19</a></span><br />I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-20.htm">Isaiah 1:20</a></span><br />But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">Ezekiel 18:31</a></span><br />Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.</p><p class="hdg">that every.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/13-38.htm">Acts 13:38-41</a></b></br> Be it known unto you therefore, men <i>and</i> brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/18-19.htm">Deuteronomy 18:19</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require <i>it</i> of him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/16-16.htm">Mark 16:16</a></b></br> He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/3-5.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/acts/2-37.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/john/17-12.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/luke/14-18.htm">Exception</a> <a href="/acts/3-22.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/acts/3-22.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/acts/3-22.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/acts/3-22.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/matthew/18-17.htm">Refuses</a> <a href="/acts/2-43.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/acts/2-7.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/acts/3-22.htm">Whatsoever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/4-19.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/acts/18-5.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/acts/5-33.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/acts/5-38.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/romans/10-13.htm">Exception</a> <a href="/acts/4-20.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/acts/4-19.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/acts/4-19.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/acts/7-37.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-14.htm">Refuses</a> <a href="/acts/4-32.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/acts/5-24.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/acts/4-28.htm">Whatsoever</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/3-1.htm">Peter preaching to the people that came to see a lame man restored to his feet,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/3-12.htm">professes the cure to have been wrought by God, and his son Jesus;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/3-13.htm">withal reprehending them for crucifying Jesus;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/3-17.htm">which because they did it through ignorance, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/3-18.htm">and that thereby were fulfilled God's determinate counsel, and the Scriptures,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">he exhorts them by repentance and faith to seek remission of their sins through Jesus.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>Everyone who does not listen to Him</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the necessity of heeding the words of Jesus Christ, the prophet like Moses, as foretold in <a href="/deuteronomy/18-15.htm">Deuteronomy 18:15-19</a>. The call to listen is a recurring biblical theme, underscoring the importance of obedience to God's chosen messenger. In the context of Acts, Peter is addressing the Jewish audience, urging them to recognize Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. The concept of listening implies not just hearing but also obeying and following the teachings of Christ, which is a central tenet of Christian discipleship.<p><b>will be completely cut off</b><br>The phrase "completely cut off" indicates a severe consequence for disobedience. In the Old Testament, being "cut off" often referred to being excluded from the community of Israel, which could mean physical death or spiritual separation (<a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">Genesis 17:14</a>, <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15</a>). This reflects the seriousness of rejecting God's appointed prophet. In the New Testament context, it implies eternal separation from God, highlighting the gravity of rejecting Jesus as the Messiah. This serves as a warning to the audience about the eternal implications of their response to Christ.<p><b>from among his people.</b><br>This phrase underscores the communal aspect of faith in the biblical narrative. In the Old Testament, being part of "his people" meant being included in the covenant community of Israel. For the early Christians, it meant being part of the new covenant community, the Church. The warning here is that rejection of Jesus results in exclusion from the people of God, both in a temporal and eternal sense. This reflects the shift from a national identity to a spiritual one, where faith in Christ determines inclusion in God's people, as seen in passages like <a href="/romans/9-6.htm">Romans 9:6-8</a> and <a href="/galatians/3-7.htm">Galatians 3:7-9</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a></b><br>- One of Jesus' apostles, delivering a sermon in Solomon's Colonnade after healing a lame man.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>- Referenced by Peter as a prophet who spoke of a future prophet like himself, whom the people must listen to.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>- The ultimate prophet and fulfillment of Moses' prophecy, whom Peter is urging the people to heed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon's_colonnade.htm">Solomon's Colonnade</a></b><br>- A part of the Temple in Jerusalem where Peter and John were teaching.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>- The primary audience of Peter's sermon, who are being called to repentance and faith in Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening_to_jesus.htm">The Importance of Listening to Jesus</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were warned to heed the prophet like Moses, we are called to listen to Jesus, the ultimate prophet and Son of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Ignoring Jesus' teachings leads to spiritual separation, akin to being "cut off" from God's people. This emphasizes the seriousness of our response to Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Fulfillment of Prophecy</a></b><br>Jesus is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, demonstrating the continuity and reliability of God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Peter's message is a call to repentance and faith in Jesus, which remains relevant for us today as we seek to align our lives with His teachings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a></b><br>Being part of God's people involves listening to and obeying Jesus, highlighting the importance of community and mutual accountability in our faith journey.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_excommunication.htm">What does the Bible say about excommunication?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_fanny_crosby_and_her_hymns.htm">What is the Bible's stance on burning Bibles?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_jesus_fulfill_righteousness_mean.htm">Who is the prophet like Moses God will raise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_peter's_experiences_shape_him.htm">How did Peter's life experiences shape his character?</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>(23) <span class= "bld">Shall be destroyed from among the people.</span>--The original has it, "I will require it of him" (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-19.htm" title="And it shall come to pass, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.">Deuteronomy 18:19</a>). The words which St. Peter substitutes are as an echo of a familiar phrase which occurs in <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm" title="Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.">Exodus 12:15</a>; <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm" title="Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whoever eats that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.">Exodus 12:19</a>; <a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm" title="And brings it not to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:">Leviticus 17:4</a>; <a href="/leviticus/17-9.htm" title="And brings it not to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it to the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.">Leviticus 17:9</a>, <span class= "ital">et al.</span> This, again, looks like a citation freely made.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="accented">Shall be</span> for <span class="accented">come to pass</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">shall not hearken to</span> for <span class="accented">will not hear</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">utterly destroyed</span> for <span class="accented">destroyed</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">Utterly destroyed.</span> The Greek <span class="greek">ἐξολοθρεύω οξξυρσ</span> frequently in the LXX. for the Hebrew phrase," cut off from his people" (<a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">Genesis 17:14</a>); but in <a href="/deuteronomy/18-19.htm">Deuteronomy 18:19</a>, the phrase is quite different, "I will require it of him." St. Peter here gives the sense, not the <span class="accented">ipsissima verba</span>, and thereby marks the extreme gravity of the sin of unbelief (see <a href="/john/3-18.htm">John 3:18</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/3-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Everyone</span><br /><span class="grk">πᾶσα</span> <span class="translit">(pasa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="grk">ἥτις</span> <span class="translit">(hētis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3748.htm">Strong's 3748: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">does not heed</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀκούσῃ</span> <span class="translit">(akousē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_191.htm">Strong's 191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[ His words ]</span><br /><span class="grk">προφήτου</span> <span class="translit">(prophētou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4396.htm">Strong's 4396: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be completely cut off</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐξολεθρευθήσεται</span> <span class="translit">(exolethreuthēsetai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1842.htm">Strong's 1842: </a> </span><span class="str2">To destroy utterly, annihilate, exterminate, root out. From ek and olothreuo; to extirpate.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from among</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ek)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people.’</span><br /><span class="grk">λαοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(laou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2992.htm">Strong's 2992: </a> </span><span class="str2">Apparently a primary word; a people.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/3-23.htm">Acts 3:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/acts/3-23.htm">Acts 3:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/acts/3-23.htm">Acts 3:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/acts/3-23.htm">Acts 3:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/acts/3-23.htm">Acts 3:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/3-23.htm">Acts 3:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/3-23.htm">Acts 3:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/3-23.htm">Acts 3:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/acts/3-23.htm">Acts 3:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/acts/3-23.htm">Acts 3:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/acts/3-23.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 3:23 It will be that every soul that (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/3-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 3:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 3:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/3-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 3:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 3:24" /></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>