Acts 3:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. ”

Acts 3:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass - It shall be, or shall occur. This is not the usual word rendered “it shall come to pass.” It is a word commonly expressing “futurity,” but here it conveys the notion o...
Acts 3:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Speech of Peter. Acts 3:12-16 . The Facts. The idea and arrangement of the speech closely resemble that of Acts 2:14-36 ; it exhibits the style of controversy with the Jews. The hearers are addr...
Acts 3:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

soul. App-110. destroyed . utterly destroyed. Greek. exolothreuomai. Only here. Frequently in Septuagint. About eighty times as rendering of karath , cut off. See Genesis 17:14 . Exodus 30:33...
Acts 3:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. Every soul. Here, by a most grievous punishment against the rebellious, the authority of all the prophets, but most of all of Christ, is established; and that for good causes. For seeing...
Acts 3:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1745 MOSES AND CHRIST COMPARED IN THEIR PROPHETICAL OFFICE Acts 3:22-23 . Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like...
Acts 3:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Acts 3:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A prophet shall the Lord, &c.— See the note on Deuteronomy 18:15 ; Deuteronomy 18:22 . The word hear, Acts 3:23 signifies to obey. One cannot imagine a more masterly address than this,...
Acts 3:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that pr...
Acts 3:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Lame Man Healed 1-26. Healing of the lame man. Speech of Peter. St. Luke here singles out from the multitude of 'wonders and signs done by the Apostles' ( Acts 2:43 ), the one which led to the...
Acts 3:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall be destroyed from among the people. — The original has it, “I will require it of him” ( Deuteronomy 18:19 ). The words which St. Peter substitutes are as an echo of a familiar phrase which oc...
Acts 3:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Searching Words Acts 3:11-26 Peter's sermon was delivered in the eastern colonnade of the Temple. It derived its name probably from the fact that Solomon's Porch had originally occupied that si...
Acts 3:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The men at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple is the illustration of a constant fact: approximation to God is a habit of humanity in its need. Mendicants are not often found at the doors where an infid...
Acts 3:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. (18) But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he...
Acts 3:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall come to pass, that every soul ,.... Every person, man or woman: which will not hear that prophet ; neither believe what he says, nor do what he commands; or as it is in Deuteronomy 1...
Acts 3:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. Ver. 23. Shall be destroyed ] As it justly befell the refractory Jews; wr...
Acts 3:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For Moses The first of these prophets, whose writings have come down to us; truly said unto the fathers In his early days; A prophet shall the Lord raise up unto you Namely, in after times; of...
Acts 3:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In this great work the apostles were not dealing only with large numbers. As Peter and John went to the temple, not to speak, but at the mid afternoon hour of prayer, they contacted a man lame from h...
Acts 3:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter's Address after Healing the Cripple. 12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye...
Acts 3:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Every soul; that is every one. Hear that prophet; that is believe and obey him. Shall be destroyed from among the people; as those that disobeyed Moses were destroyed, many perishing by strange...
Acts 3:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter's Second Proclamation to the People (3:12-26). As in his first message Peter first refers back to the past, but this time it is to ‘the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob', the ones who had rec...
Acts 3:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 3:18 . All His holy prophets .—Best taken as a collective phrase for the prophets as a whole. Most of the Books of the Old Testament foretell distinctly the sufferings and...
Acts 3:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 3 The Lame Man Healed We are reminded by this incident: I. That there are some things more valuable than money. Peter with his gift of healing was of infinitely greater service to this lame...
Acts 3:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

You remember, dear friends, how Peter denied his Lord in the time of his trial. Now notice what a change was wrought in him after the Holy Spirit had fallen upon him on the day of Pentecost. We have...
Acts 3:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 3:1 . Peter and John went into the temple at the hour of prayer. Some read, At the same time Peter and John went into the temple, intimating that this was the afternoon of the day of pentecos...
Acts 3:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

All the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering. Solomon’s porch The porch--or better, portico or cloister--was outside the temple, on the eastern...
Acts 3:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 3:1 Were going up for went up together, A.V. and T.R. Peter and John. The close friendship of these two apostles is remarkable. The origin of it appears to have been t...
Acts 3:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A final exhortation:
Acts 3:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 ; Acts 13:38-41 ; Deuteronomy 18:19 ; Hebrews 10:28-30 ; Hebrews 10:39 ; Hebrews 12:25 ; Hebrews 2:3 ; John 12:48 ; John 3:18-20 ; John 8:24 ; Mark 16:16 ; Revelatio...
Acts 3:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Every soul who will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people — One cannot imagine a more masterly address than this, to warn the Jews of the dreadful consequence of their inf...

Acts 3:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 3:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 3:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 3:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 3:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Acts 3:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 3:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 3:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 3:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 3:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 3:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 3:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 3:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 3:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 3:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 3:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 3:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 3:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 3:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 3:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 3:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 3:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 3:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 3:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 3:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 3:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 3:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 3:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 3:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes