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href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/2#h=9:0-10:0">2:14-21</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Peter’s speech provides Scriptural evidence that Jesus was resurrected and was made both Lord and Christ (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/2#h=10:0-12:0">2:22-36</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Crowds respond to Peter’s speech; about 3,000 get baptized (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/2#h=12:0-12:712">2:37-41</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">The disciples enjoy the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship with one another (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/2#h=12:712-14:0">2:42-47</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Peter heals a lame beggar at the temple gate called Beautiful (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3#h=14:0-15:0">3:1-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Peter speaks at Solomon’s Colonnade (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3#h=15:0-16:0">3:11-18</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Peter admonishes the people to repent and turn around (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3#h=16:0-17:0">3:19-26</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-1" data-section-citation="044003001044003001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:1</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>the hour of prayer:</strong> Prayers were apparently offered at the temple in conjunction with the morning and evening sacrifices. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">Ex 29:38-42;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/1/1" data-bid="2-2" class="b"> 30:7, 8</a>) Luke connects “the hour of offering incense” with the time when “the people were praying.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">Lu 1:10</a>) In providing details about the daily sacrifices, Jehovah commanded King David to organize the priests and the Levites to honor, thank, and praise Him, which doubtless included prayer. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">1Ch 16:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/3/1" data-bid="4-2" class="b"> 23:30;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/3/2" data-bid="4-3" class="b"> 2Ch 29:25, 26</a>) Incense and prayers were therefore closely related. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">Ps 141:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/4/1" data-bid="5-2" class="b"> Re 5:8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/4/2" data-bid="5-3" class="b"> 8:3, 4</a>) At the hour of prayer, people typically assembled in the temple courtyards. Some likely came to be purified by the priests that day, while many others would have come to share in the prayers and worship in general. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/5/0" data-bid="6-1" class="b">Lu 2:22-38</a>) Rabbinic tradition says that the priests determined by lot which one of them who had not previously presented incense on the golden altar should have this once-in-a-lifetime honor. With all the priests and Levites gathered, the chosen priest would solemnly enter the Holy while the priests and the people in the courtyards were praying. As the pleasing aroma of incense ascended, the people continued to pray in deep silence for about half an hour. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">Lu 1:9, 10</a>) “The hour of prayer” was then brought to a joyful finale that included a blessing of the people (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">Nu 6:22-27</a>) and a chorus of Levites singing the psalm designated for that day of the week.</p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="s5"><strong>the ninth hour:</strong> That is, about 3:00 p.m.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/0/0">study note on Ac 2:15</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p225" data-pid="225" class="se"></p> <p id="p226" data-pid="226" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/240/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 28</a></p> <div id="p227" data-pid="227"><p data-pid="227" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/241/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="227" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/241/0">6/1/1990, p. 13</a></p> </div><p id="p228" data-pid="228" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/56/0">bt 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/56/3"> w90 6/1 13;</a></p> <p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sx"></p> <p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="sx"><span class="ni">g66 7/8 17</span></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-2" data-section-citation="044003002044003002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:2</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p228" data-pid="228" class="se"></p> <p id="p229" data-pid="229" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/242/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 28</a></p> <p id="p230" data-pid="230" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/243/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 897</a></p> <p id="p231" data-pid="231" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/57/0">bt 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/57/2"> it-1 897;</a></p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sx"></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/70/0">ad 627;</a><span class="ni"> g61 6/8 23</span></p> <p id="p73" data-pid="73" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-3" data-section-citation="044003003044003003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:3</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p73" data-pid="73" class="sx"><span class="ni">g61 6/8 23</span></p> <p id="p74" data-pid="74" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-6" data-section-citation="044003006044003006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:6</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="s5"><strong>the Nazarene:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/1/0">study note on Mr 10:47</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/78" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-79"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 3:16; 4:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-79" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-79" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p74" data-pid="74" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/72/0">w71 235;</a><span class="ni"> g63 1/22 10</span></p> <p id="p75" data-pid="75" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-7" data-section-citation="044003007044003007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:7</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/79" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-80"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 8:14, 15; 9:24, 25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-80" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-80" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/80" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-81"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 5:8, 9; Ac 9:34; 14:8-10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-81" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-81" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p231" data-pid="231" class="se"></p> <p id="p232" data-pid="232" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/244/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 28</a></p> <p id="p233" data-pid="233" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/58/0">bt 28</a></p> <p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-8" data-section-citation="044003008044003008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:8</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/81" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-82"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 35:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-82" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-82" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p75" data-pid="75" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/73/0">w61 442</a></p> <p id="p76" data-pid="76" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-10" data-section-citation="044003010044003010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:10</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/82" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-83"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 3:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-83" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-83" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p233" data-pid="233" class="se"></p> <p id="p234" data-pid="234" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/245/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 897</a></p> <p id="p235" data-pid="235" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/59/0">it-1 897;</a></p> <p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sx"></p> <p id="p76" data-pid="76" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/74/0">ad 627</a></p> <p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-11" data-section-citation="044003011044003011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:11</span></h3><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item hasVideo"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072131#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072131/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/732" ><span class="caption"><p>Solomon’s Colonnade</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/83" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-84"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 10:23; Ac 5:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-84" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-84" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p235" data-pid="235" class="se"></p> <p id="p236" data-pid="236" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/246/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 488</a></p> <p id="p237" data-pid="237" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/247/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 542,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/248/0"> 745</a></p> <div id="p238" data-pid="238"><p data-pid="238" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/249/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="238" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/249/0">6/1/1990, p. 13</a></p> </div><p id="p239" data-pid="239" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/60/0">it-1 488;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/60/2"> it-2 542,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/60/4"> 745;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/60/6"> w90 6/1 13</a></p> <p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-12" data-section-citation="044003012044003012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:12</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="sx"><span class="ni">cj 210</span></p> <p id="p78" data-pid="78" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-13" data-section-citation="044003013044003013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:13</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/84" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-85"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 3:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-85" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-85" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/85" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-86"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 52:13; 53:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-86" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-86" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/86" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-87"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 2:9-11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-87" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-87" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/87" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-88"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 5:30</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-88" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-88" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p239" data-pid="239" class="se"></p> <p id="p240" data-pid="240" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/250/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 802</a></p> <p id="p241" data-pid="241" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/61/0">it-1 802;</a></p> <p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sx"></p> <p id="p78" data-pid="78" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/76/0">w72 690;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/76/2"> ad 560;</a><span class="ni"> g63 12/8 9</span></p> <p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-14" data-section-citation="044003014044003014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:14</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/88" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-89"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 27:20, 21; Lu 23:14, 18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-89" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-89" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/77/0">w72 690</a></p> <p id="p80" data-pid="80" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-15" data-section-citation="044003015044003015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:15</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="s5"><strong>Chief Agent:</strong> The Greek term used here (<em>ar·khe·gosʹ</em>) basically means “chief leader; one who goes first.” It is used four times in the Bible, each time referring to Jesus. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">Ac 3:15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/10/1" data-bid="11-2" class="b"> 5:31;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/10/2" data-bid="11-3" class="b"> Heb 2:10;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/10/3" data-bid="11-4" class="b"> 12:2</a>) This Greek word may also apply to one who leads the way, such as a pathfinder or a pioneer, and prepares it for others to follow. By becoming the Mediator between God and mankind and introducing the way for gaining eternal life, Jesus could rightly be called <strong>the Chief Agent of life,</strong> or a Pioneer of Life. The expression rendered “Chief Agent” indicates that the one going first does so in an official or administrative capacity as a leader or a prince. (A related word is used at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/11/0" data-bid="12-1" class="b">Ac 7:27,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/11/1" data-bid="12-2" class="b"> 35</a> regarding Moses as a “ruler” in Israel.) As the term is used here, it includes the idea of being the means that God uses to accomplish his purpose. Jesus became “a corresponding ransom” in exchange for many. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">1Ti 2:5, 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/12/1" data-bid="13-2" class="b"> Mt 20:28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/12/2" data-bid="13-3" class="b"> Ac 4:12</a>) After Jesus was resurrected, he could as High Priest and Judge administer the value of his ransom. The sacrifice allows humans who exercise faith in it to be free from sin and death. Jesus is, therefore, the one through whom the resurrection of the dead takes place. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/13/0" data-bid="14-1" class="b">Joh 5:28, 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/13/1" data-bid="14-2" class="b"> 6:39, 40</a>) That is how he opens up the way to everlasting life. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">Joh 11:25;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/14/1" data-bid="15-2" class="b"> 14:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/14/2" data-bid="15-3" class="b"> Heb 5:9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/14/3" data-bid="15-4" class="b"> 10:19, 20</a>) Although some Bible translators render this expression “Author” or “Originator” of life, the Bible clearly shows that Jesus does not fit that description. Rather, he received his life and his authority from God and is used by God.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">Ps 36:9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/15/1" data-bid="16-2" class="b"> Joh 6:57;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/15/2" data-bid="16-3" class="b"> Ac 17:26-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/15/3" data-bid="16-4" class="b"> Col 1:15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/15/4" data-bid="16-5" class="b"> Re 3:14</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/89" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-90"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 5:31; Heb 2:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-90" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-90" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/90" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-91"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 24:46-48; Ac 1:8; 2:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-91" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-91" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p241" data-pid="241" class="se"></p> <p id="p242" data-pid="242" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/251/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 60-61</a></p> <p id="p243" data-pid="243" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/252/0"><em>New World Translation,</em> p. 1695</a></p> <p id="p244" data-pid="244" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/62/0">it-2 60-61;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/62/2"> nwt 1695;</a></p> <p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="sx"></p> <p id="p80" data-pid="80" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/78/0">w78 7/1 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/78/2"> w73 263;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/78/4"> w72 690;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/78/6"> ad 923;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/78/7"> w70 526-527</a></p> <p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-17" data-section-citation="044003017044003017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:17</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/91" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-92"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 16:2, 3; 1Ti 1:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-92" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-92" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/92" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-93"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 2:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-93" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-93" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p244" data-pid="244" class="se"></p> <p id="p245" data-pid="245" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/253/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 29</a></p> <div id="p246" data-pid="246"><p data-pid="246" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/254/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="246" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/254/0">6/15/2009, p. 32</a></p> </div><p id="p247" data-pid="247" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/63/0">bt 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/63/2"> w09 6/15 32;</a></p> <p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="sx"></p> <p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/79/0">w71 235-236;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/79/2"> w63 255</a></p> <p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-18" data-section-citation="044003018044003018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:18</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/93" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-94"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 118:22; Isa 50:6; 53:8; Da 9:26; Lu 22:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-94" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-94" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/80/0">hs 60-61,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/80/3"> 99;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/80/5"> w71 235-236,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/80/7"> 238;</a><span class="ni"> im 38</span></p> <p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-19" data-section-citation="044003019044003019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:19</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="s5"><strong>Repent . . . and turn around:</strong> The Greek word <em>me·ta·no·eʹo,</em> “to repent,” literally means “to change one’s mind,” signifying a change in thinking, attitude, or purpose. In this context, repentance involved a person’s wanting to repair or restore his relationship with God. A sinner who genuinely repents deeply regrets his wrong course and is determined not to repeat his sin. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/17/0" data-bid="18-1" class="b">2Co 7:10, 11</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/2/0">study notes on Mt 3:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/3/0"> 8</a>.) Moreover, true repentance moves a sinner to “turn around,” abandoning his wrong course and pursuing a course that is pleasing to God. Both in Hebrew and in Greek, the verbs for “to turn around” (Hebrew, <em>shuv;</em> Greek, <em>streʹpho; e·pi·streʹpho</em>) mean “to return; to turn back (around)” in a literal sense. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Ge 18:10;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/18/1" data-bid="19-2" class="b"> 50:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/18/2" data-bid="19-3" class="b"> Ru 1:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/18/3" data-bid="19-4" class="b"> Ac 15:36</a>) When used in a positive <em>spiritual</em> sense, however, this may denote turning to God from a wrong way.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/19/0" data-bid="20-1" class="b">1Ki 8:33;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/19/1" data-bid="20-2" class="b"> Eze 33:11</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/4/0">study notes on Ac 15:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/5/0"> 26:20</a>.</p> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="s5"><strong>get . . . blotted out:</strong> The Greek verb used here has been defined “to cause to disappear by wiping.” In the Bible, it is used in connection with wiping out tears (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/20/0" data-bid="21-1" class="b">Re 7:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/20/1" data-bid="21-2" class="b"> 21:4</a>) and erasing names from the book of life (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/21/0" data-bid="22-1" class="b">Re 3:5</a>). In this context, it conveys the idea of “to remove so as to leave no trace.” According to some scholars, the image expressed here is that of erasing handwriting.—Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">Col 2:14</a>, where the same Greek word is rendered “erased.”</p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="s5"><strong>seasons:</strong> Or “appointed times.” The Greek word <em>kai·rosʹ</em> (here the plural form is rendered “seasons”) may refer to a point of time or a fixed or definite period of time or a “season” marked by certain features. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">Mt 13:30;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/23/1" data-bid="24-2" class="b"> 21:34;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/23/2" data-bid="24-3" class="b"> Mr 11:13</a>) This Greek term is used of “the appointed time” for Jesus’ ministry to begin (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/24/0" data-bid="25-1" class="b">Mr 1:15</a>) and the “appointed time” of his death (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/25/0" data-bid="26-1" class="b">Mt 26:18</a>). It is also used with reference to future times or seasons within God’s arrangement or timetable, particularly in relation to Christ’s presence and his Kingdom.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">Ac 1:7;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/26/1" data-bid="27-2" class="b"> 1Th 5:1</a>.</p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="s5"><strong>from Jehovah himself:</strong> Available Greek <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/6/0">manuscripts</a> literally read “from face of the Lord.” (See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/0">App. C</a>.) The context of <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">Ac 3:17-22</a> indicates that “the Lord” refers, not to Jesus, but to Jehovah God, the one who would “send the Christ.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/28/0" data-bid="29-1" class="b">Ac 3:20</a>) The Greek word for “Lord” (<em>Kyʹri·os</em>) is also used at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/29/0" data-bid="30-1" class="b">Ac 3:22</a> in a quote from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/30/0" data-bid="31-1" class="b">De 18:15</a>, where the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/7/0">Tetragrammaton</a> occurs in the original Hebrew text. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/8/0">study note on Ac 3:22</a>.) In the Hebrew Scriptures, the phrase “the face of Jehovah” is a combination of the Hebrew word for “face” and the Tetragrammaton.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/31/0" data-bid="32-1" class="b">Ge 3:8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/31/1" data-bid="32-2" class="b"> Ex 34:24;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/31/2" data-bid="32-3" class="b"> Jg 5:5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/31/3" data-bid="32-4" class="b"> Ps 34:16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/31/4" data-bid="32-5" class="b"> La 4:16</a>; see <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/1">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/2">Ac 3:19</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/94" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-95"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 2:38</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-95" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-95" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/95" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-96"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 33:11; Eph 4:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-96" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-96" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/96" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-97"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 33:14, 16; 1Jo 1:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-97" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-97" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/97" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-98"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 1:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-98" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-98" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p247" data-pid="247" class="se"></p> <p id="p248" data-pid="248" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/255/0"><em>Close to Jehovah,</em> p. 265</a></p> <p id="p249" data-pid="249" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/256/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 47</a></p> <p id="p250" data-pid="250" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/257/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 250</a></p> <p id="p251" data-pid="251" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/258/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 774</a></p> <div id="p252" data-pid="252"><p data-pid="252" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/259/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/259/0">2/15/2014, p. 28</a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/260/0">6/15/2013, pp. 19-20</a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/261/0">5/1/2009, p. 15</a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/262/0">9/1/2008, p. 14</a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/263/0">9/1/2000, pp. 17-18</a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/264/0">12/1/1997, p. 12</a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/265/0">6/1/1990, p. 13</a></p> </div><div id="p253" data-pid="253"><p data-pid="253" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/266/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="253" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/266/0">6/8/1995, p. 9</a></p><p data-pid="253" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/267/0">12/8/1993, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p254" data-pid="254" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/268/0"><em>True Peace,</em> pp. 178-180</a></p> <p id="p255" data-pid="255" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/0">w25.02 10,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/2"> 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/4"> w24.08 12-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/6"> cl 265;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/8"> lff lesson 47;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/10"> it-1 250;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/12"> it-2 774;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/14"> w14 2/15 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/16"> w13 6/15 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/18"> w09 5/1 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/20"> w08 9/1 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/22"> w00 9/1 17-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/26"> w97 12/1 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/28"> g95 6/8 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/30"> g93 12/8 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/32"> w90 6/1 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/64/34"> tp 178-180;</a></p> <p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="sx"></p> <p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/0">w82 2/15 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/2"> hp 181-182;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/4"> w78 9/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/6"> gh 179-180;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/8"> w74 602;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/10"> w73 636;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/12"> tp73 181-183;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/14"> w72 118-119,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/16"> 690;</a><span class="ni"> or 15;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/20"> w71 236-238,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/23"> 243-244;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/26"> w66 677;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/27"> w65 199;</a><span class="ni"> im 400;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/29"> w63 359,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/30"> 410;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/81/31"> w60 399;</a><span class="ni"> w39 181;</span><span class="ni"> w34 213;</span><span class="ni"> jh 339;</span><span class="ni"> w31 283</span></p> <p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-20" data-section-citation="044003020044003020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:20</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p255" data-pid="255" class="se"></p> <div id="p256" data-pid="256"><p data-pid="256" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/269/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="256" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/269/0">9/1/2000, p. 17</a></p><p data-pid="256" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/270/0">6/1/1990, p. 13</a></p> </div><p id="p257" data-pid="257" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/65/0">w00 9/1 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/65/3"> w90 6/1 13;</a></p> <p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="sx"></p> <p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/82/0">w72 690;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/82/2"> w71 238;</a><span class="ni"> w31 283</span></p> <p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-21" data-section-citation="044003021044003021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:21</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="s5"><strong>hold this one within itself:</strong> Or “receive this one.” This apparently refers to the time during which Jesus would wait at God’s right hand in heaven until the times of restoration would begin.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">Ps 110:1, 2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/33/1" data-bid="34-2" class="b"> Lu 21:24;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/33/2" data-bid="34-3" class="b"> Heb 10:12, 13</a>.</p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="s5"><strong>the times of restoration:</strong> The Greek word for “restoration” (<em>a·po·ka·taʹsta·sis</em>), in some Bible translations rendered “restitution,” comes from <em>a·poʹ,</em> meaning “back” or “again,” and <em>ka·thiʹste·mi,</em> literally meaning “to set down.” The corresponding verb is translated “restoring” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">Ac 1:6</a>. <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/9/0">Josephus</a> used the Greek word for “restoration” in referring to the return of the Jews from their exile in Babylon. In papyrus writings, the word is used of the repair of certain buildings, the restoration of estates to rightful owners, and the balancing of accounts. <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/35/0" data-bid="36-1" class="b">Ac 3:21</a> does not specify what things would be restored, so this <strong>restoration of all things</strong> must be ascertained by a study of God’s message spoken through his <strong>prophets of old.</strong> Restoration is a recurring theme in the writings of the Hebrew prophets. Through them, Jehovah promised a land restored and repopulated, fertile, protected from wild beasts and enemy attacks. He described their restored land as a paradise! (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">Isa 65:25;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/36/1" data-bid="37-2" class="b"> Eze 34:25;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/36/2" data-bid="37-3" class="b"> 36:35</a>) Above all, the temple would be rebuilt, and pure worship would be reestablished. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">Isa 2:1-5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/37/1" data-bid="38-2" class="b"> Mic 4:1-5</a>) The foretold restoration would include both a spiritual and a physical restoration.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p257" data-pid="257" class="se"></p> <div id="p258" data-pid="258"><p data-pid="258" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/271/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="258" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/271/0">2/2024, pp. 4-5</a></p> </div><p id="p259" data-pid="259" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/272/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 31</a></p> <p id="p260" data-pid="260" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/273/0"><em>Close to Jehovah,</em> pp. 77-78</a></p> <p id="p261" data-pid="261" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/274/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 783</a></p> <p id="p262" data-pid="262" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/275/0"><em>Pure Worship,</em> pp. 104,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/276/0"> 108</a></p> <div id="p263" data-pid="263"><p data-pid="263" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/277/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="263" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/277/0">3/15/2007, pp. 5-6</a></p><p data-pid="263" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/278/0">12/15/2000, p. 30</a></p><p data-pid="263" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/279/0">9/1/2000, pp. 17-18</a></p><p data-pid="263" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/280/0">6/1/1990, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="263" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/281/0">3/1/1987, pp. 28-29</a></p><p data-pid="263" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/282/0">1/1/1987, pp. 25-26</a></p> </div><p id="p264" data-pid="264" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/283/0"><em>Proclaimers,</em> pp. 162-163</a></p> <p id="p265" data-pid="265" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/0">w24.02 4-5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/2"> bt 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/4"> cl 77-78;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/7"> it-2 783;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/9"> rr 104,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/11"> 108;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/13"> w07 3/15 5-6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/15"> w00 9/1 17-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/17"> w00 12/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/19"> jv 162-163;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/21"> w90 6/1 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/24"> w87 1/1 25-26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/66/27"> w87 3/1 28-29;</a></p> <p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="sx"></p> <p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/0">w83 7/1 21-22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/2"> w82 12/15 19,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/4"> 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/6"> hs 60-61;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/8"> w71 234,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/10"> 239,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/13"> 243-244;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/15"> w71 287;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/17"> ad 1393;</a><span class="ni"> im 329;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/19"> w60 586;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/20"> w59 166,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/21"> 248;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/22"> w58 45;</a><span class="ni"> yw 102;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/24"> w52 472;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/83/25"> w51 722;</a><span class="ni"> w49 327;</span><span class="ni"> w39 181;</span><span class="ni"> w34 211,</span><span class="ni"> 213,</span><span class="ni"> 215;</span><span class="ni"> jh 339,</span><span class="ni"> 345;</span><span class="ni"> w33 149;</span><span class="ni"> ho 6;</span><span class="ni"> w31 283</span></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-22" data-section-citation="044003022044003022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:22</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="s5"><strong>Jehovah:</strong> In this quote from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/39/0" data-bid="40-1" class="b">De 18:15</a>, the divine name, represented by four Hebrew consonants (transliterated <em>YHWH</em>), occurs in the original Hebrew text. It is worth noting that when this quote occurs in an early fragment of the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/10/0"><em>Septuagint</em></a> (in the collection Papyrus Fouad Inv. 266), the divine name is written in square Hebrew characters () within the Greek text. This fragment is dated to the first century B.C.E. (See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/3">App. A5</a>.) Also a number of translations of the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/11/0">Christian Greek Scriptures</a> into Hebrew (referred to as J<sup>7, 8, 10-12, 14-18, 20, 22-24, 28</sup> in <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/4">App. C4</a>) use the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/12/0">Tetragrammaton</a> here. So although existing <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/13/0">manuscripts</a> of the Christian Greek Scriptures use <em>Kyʹri·os</em> (Lord) here, there are good reasons for using the divine name in the main text.—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/5">App. C</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/98" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-99"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 34:10; Joh 4:19, 25, 29; 6:14; Ac 7:37</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-99" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-99" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/99" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-100"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 18:15, 18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-100" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-100" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p265" data-pid="265" class="se"></p> <p id="p266" data-pid="266" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/284/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 386-388</a></p> <div id="p267" data-pid="267"><p data-pid="267" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/285/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="267" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/285/0">11/15/1991, pp. 28-31</a></p> </div><p id="p268" data-pid="268" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/67/0">it-2 386,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/67/2"> 388;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/67/4"> w91 11/15 28-31;</a></p> <p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="sx"></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/0">w72 685;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/2"> w71 242;</a><span class="ni"> g66 5/8 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/6"> w65 137,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/7"> 368,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/8"> 517;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/9"> w63 668;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/10"> w61 6;</a><span class="ni"> ns 238;</span><span class="ni"> yb61 7;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/13"> w58 554;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/14"> w52 251,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/15"> 297,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/16"> 470;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/84/17"> w51 454;</a><span class="ni"> g47 7/22 25;</span><span class="ni"> w42 183;</span><span class="ni"> w41 332;</span><span class="ni"> w39 75;</span><span class="ni"> w33 147</span></p> <p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-23" data-section-citation="044003023044003023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:23</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="s5"><strong>anyone:</strong> Or “any soul.” The Greek word <em>psy·kheʹ,</em> traditionally rendered “soul,” here refers to an individual or a person. (See Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/14/0">Soul</a>.”) This is one of several verses in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/15/0">Christian Greek Scriptures</a> that speak of the “soul” (<em>psy·kheʹ</em>) as mortal and destructible.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/16/0">study notes on Mt 2:20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/17/0"> Mr 3:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/18/0"> Lu 6:9</a>; see also <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/41/0" data-bid="42-1" class="b">Heb 10:39</a>, ftn.; <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/42/0" data-bid="43-1" class="b">Jas 5:20</a>, ftn.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/100" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-101"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 18:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-101" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-101" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p268" data-pid="268" class="se"></p> <p id="p269" data-pid="269" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/286/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 386-388</a></p> <p id="p270" data-pid="270" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/68/0">it-2 386,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/68/2"> 388;</a></p> <p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="sx"></p> <p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/85/0">w71 242-243;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/85/3"> w65 137;</a><span class="ni"> im 145;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/85/5"> w64 195;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/85/6"> w61 6;</a><span class="ni"> ns 238;</span><span class="ni"> yb61 7;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/85/9"> w56 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/85/10"> w51 454;</a><span class="ni"> w41 332;</span><span class="ni"> w35 293;</span><span class="ni"> w34 134;</span><span class="ni"> jh 263;</span><span class="ni"> wo 56;</span><span class="ni"> w33 150,</span><span class="ni"> 164</span></p> <p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-24" data-section-citation="044003024044003024"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:24</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/101" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-102"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 24:27; Ac 10:43</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-102" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-102" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p270" data-pid="270" class="se"></p> <p id="p271" data-pid="271" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/287/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 695</a></p> <p id="p272" data-pid="272" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/69/0">it-2 695;</a></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="sx"></p> <p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/86/0">w71 243;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/86/3"> w62 400;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/86/4"> w52 242</a></p> <p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-25" data-section-citation="044003025044003025"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:25</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="s5"><strong>offspring:</strong> Lit., “seed.”—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070692/6">App. A2</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/102" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-103"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 9:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-103" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-103" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/103" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-104"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 22:18; Ga 3:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-104" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-104" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/87/0">po 181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/87/2"> w71 243;</a><span class="ni"> w46 102</span></p> <p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-3-26" data-section-citation="044003026044003026"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:26</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/104" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-105"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 13:45, 46; Ro 1:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-105" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-105" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p272" data-pid="272" class="se"></p> <div id="p273" data-pid="273"><p data-pid="273" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/288/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="273" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/288/0">6/1/1990, p. 13</a></p> </div><p id="p274" data-pid="274" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/70/0">w90 6/1 13;</a></p> <p id="p73" data-pid="73" class="sx"></p> <p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/88/0">po 162;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/88/2"> w72 690;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/88/4"> w71 243;</a><span class="ni"> w46 102</span></p> <p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsQuotation"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">Quotation</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/99/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-100-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 18:15, 18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-100-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-100-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/100/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-101-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 18:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-101-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-101-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/103/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-104-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:25</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 22:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-104-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-104-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/78/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-79-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 3:16; 4:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-79-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-79-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/79/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-80-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 8:14, 15; 9:24, 25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-80-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-80-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/80/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-81-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 5:8, 9; Ac 9:34; 14:8-10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-81-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-81-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/81/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-82-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 35:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-82-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-82-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/82/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:10</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 3:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/83/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 10:23; Ac 5:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/84/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 3:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/85/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 52:13; 53:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/86/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-87-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 2:9-11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-87-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div 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class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 27:20, 21; Lu 23:14, 18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-89-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-89-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/89/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 5:31; Heb 2:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/90/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-91-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 24:46-48; Ac 1:8; 2:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-91-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-91-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/91/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-92-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 16:2, 3; 1Ti 1:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-92-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-92-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/92/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-93-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 2:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-93-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-93-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/93/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 118:22; Isa 50:6; 53:8; Da 9:26; Lu 22:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/94/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:19</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 2:38</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div 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class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:25</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ga 3:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/3/104/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 3:26</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 13:45, 46; Ro 1:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1" 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<div id="content" class="content"> <div class="articlePositioner" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> <div id="banner" class="documentBanner showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> </div> <article id="article" class="article bible html5 pub-nwtsty jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>Acts of Apostles</h1> </header> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sb"><span id="v44-3-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27089" class="cl vx vp study"><strong>3</strong> </a>Now Peter and John were going up into the temple for the hour of prayer, the ninth hour, </span><span id="v44-3-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27090" class="vl vx vp">2 </a>and a man who was lame from birth was being carried. Every day they would put him near the temple door that was called Beautiful, so he could ask for gifts of mercy from those entering the temple. </span><span id="v44-3-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27091" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>When he caught sight of Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking for gifts of mercy. </span><span id="v44-3-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27092" class="vl vp">4 </a>But Peter, together with John, looked straight at him and said: “Look at us.” </span><span id="v44-3-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27093" class="vl vp">5 </a>So he fixed his attention on them, expecting to get something from them. </span><span id="v44-3-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27094" class="vl vx vp study">6 </a>However, Peter said: “Silver and gold I do not possess, but what I do have is what I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Naz·a·reneʹ, walk!”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/78" data-bid="79-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-3-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27095" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>With that he took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/79" data-bid="80-1" class="b">+</a> Instantly his feet and his ankles were made firm;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/80" data-bid="81-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-3-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27096" class="vl vx vp">8 </a>and leaping to his feet,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/81" data-bid="82-1" class="b">+</a> he began walking and went with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God. </span><span id="v44-3-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27097" class="vl vp">9 </a>And all the people saw him walking and praising God. </span><span id="v44-3-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27098" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>And they began to recognize him, that this was the man who used to sit waiting for gifts of mercy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/82" data-bid="83-1" class="b">+</a> and they were completely astonished and ecstatic about what had happened to him.</span></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sb"><span id="v44-3-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27099" class="vl vx vp">11 </a>While the man was still holding on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at what was called Solʹo·mon’s Colonnade,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/83" data-bid="84-1" class="b">+</a> completely surprised. </span><span id="v44-3-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27100" class="vl vx vp">12 </a>When Peter saw this, he said to the people: “Men of Israel, why are you so amazed at this, and why are you staring at us as though by personal power or godly devotion we have made him walk? </span><span id="v44-3-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27101" class="vl vx vp">13 </a>The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/84" data-bid="85-1" class="b">+</a> the God of our forefathers, has glorified his Servant,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/85" data-bid="86-1" class="b">+</a> Jesus,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/86" data-bid="87-1" class="b">+</a> whom you handed over<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/87" data-bid="88-1" class="b">+</a> and disowned before Pilate, even though he had decided to release him. </span><span id="v44-3-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27102" class="vl vx vp">14 </a>Yes, you disowned that holy and righteous one, and you asked for a man who was a murderer to be given to you,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/88" data-bid="89-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-3-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27103" class="vl vx vp study">15 </a>whereas you killed the Chief Agent of life.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/89" data-bid="90-1" class="b">+</a> But God raised him up from the dead, of which fact we are witnesses.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/90" data-bid="91-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-3-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27104" class="vl vp">16 </a>And through his name, and by our faith in his name, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. The faith that is through him has made this man completely healthy in front of all of you. </span><span id="v44-3-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27105" class="vl vx vp">17 </a>And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/91" data-bid="92-1" class="b">+</a> just as your rulers also did.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/92" data-bid="93-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-3-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27106" class="vl vx vp">18 </a>But in this way God has fulfilled the things he announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/93" data-bid="94-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sb"><span id="v44-3-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27107" class="vl vx vp study">19 </a>“Repent,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/94" data-bid="95-1" class="b">+</a> therefore, and turn around<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/95" data-bid="96-1" class="b">+</a> so as to get your sins blotted out,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/96" data-bid="97-1" class="b">+</a> so that seasons of refreshing may come from Jehovah himself<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/97" data-bid="98-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-3-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27108" class="vl vx vp">20 </a>and he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus. </span><span id="v44-3-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27109" class="vl vx vp study">21 </a>Heaven must hold this one within itself until the times of restoration of all things of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of old. </span><span id="v44-3-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27110" class="vl vx vp study">22 </a>In fact, Moses said: ‘Jehovah your God will raise up for you from among your brothers a prophet like me.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/98" data-bid="99-1" class="b">+</a> You must listen to whatever he tells you.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/99" data-bid="100-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-3-23-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27111" class="vl vx vp study">23 </a>Indeed, anyone who does not listen to that Prophet will be completely destroyed from among the people.’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/100" data-bid="101-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-3-24-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27112" class="vl vx vp">24 </a>And all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed him, as many as have spoken, have also plainly declared these days.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/101" data-bid="102-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-3-25-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27113" class="vl vx vp study">25 </a>You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your forefathers,<a 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