Acts 3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Bible Comments
  • Acts 3:19 open_in_new

    refreshing

    "Namely, seasons in which, through the appearance of the Messiah in His kingdom, there shall occur blessed rest and refreshment for the people of God." -- Heinrich A. W. Meyer.

    sins

    Sin

    ( See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23).

  • Acts 3:20 open_in_new

    And he shall

    The appeal here is national to the Jewish people as such, not individuals as in Peter's first sermon (Acts 2:38); (Acts 2:39). There those who were pricked in heart were exhorted to save themselves from (among) the untoward nation; here the whole people is addressed, and the promise to national repentance is national deliverance: "and he shall send Jesus Christ" to bring in the times which the prophets had foretold.

    ( See Scofield) - (Acts 2:14).

    The official answer was the imprisonment of the apostles, and the inhibition to preach, so fulfilling (Luke 19:14).

  • Acts 3:21 open_in_new

    restitution

    (Greek, "apokatastasis"", means "restoration", occurring here and (Acts 1:6) only.) The meaning is limited by the words: "Which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets." The prophets speak of the restoration of Israel to the land

    (See "Israel,"; (Genesis 12:2); (Genesis 12:3); (Romans 11:26);

    also "Palestinian Covenant," (Deuteronomy 30:1-9).

    ( See Scofield) - (Deuteronomy 30:3);

    and of the restoration, the theocracy, under David's Son.

    (See "Davidic Covenant," (2 Samuel 7:8-17).

    ( See Scofield) - (2 Samuel 7:16),

    "Kingdom," (Genesis 1:26-28).

    ( See Scofield) - (Zechariah 12:8).

    No prediction of the conversion and restoration of the wicked dead is found in the prophets, or elsewhere.

    Compare (Revelation 20:11-15).