Acts 3:26

To bless you, by turning you from your iniquities — Which is the great Gospel blessing.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto you first - To you who are Jews. This was the direction, that the gospel should be first preached to the Jews, beginning at Jerusalem, Luke...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Unto you first God, having (k) raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. (k) Given to th...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

iniquities. Greek. poneria. App-128.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. He hath raised up his Son. He gathereth out of the words of Moses that Christ is now revealed. But the words do seem to import no such t...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1746 HOLINESS THE GREATEST BLESSING Acts 3:26 . Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. Unto you first, God,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Unto you first— Accordingly the gospel was, by the grace of our blessed Redeemer, every where offered first to the Jews. Had it been otherwise, hum...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. Unto you fir...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Peter's Speech. Peter affirms that the miracle has been performed through faith in Jesus, who, though crucified, was truly the Messiah, as was show...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unto you first ] and afterwards to the Gentiles ( Luke 24:47 ; Acts 1:8 ). St. Peter, as these words show, already contemplated the conversion of t...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Unto you first .... — Here again we note, even in the very turn of the phrase as well as of the thought, an agreement with St. Paul’s formula of the...
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 th...
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. Mendican...
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 o...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS What a sweet thought is it to my soul, that to all the crippled faculties of my fallen nature; the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth can...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Unto you first, God having raised his Son Jesus ,.... Which may be understood, either of the incarnation of Christ, and his exhibition in the flesh;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. Ver. 26. To bles...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Yea, and all the prophets That succeeded Moses, particularly from Samuel, have likewise foretold these days The days of the Messiah, which, by th...
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 afternoo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter's Address after Healing the Cripple. 12 And when Peter saw it, he answere...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Unto you first; the Jews and inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are the lost sheep of the house of Israel. St. Peter did not yet know, that the Gentiles...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the families o...
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...
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 heal...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 3:12-26 The speech of Peter may be regarded in four aspects: I. As showing the false method of looking at human affairs. "As though through...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 3:26 Here, in few words, is the plan proposed by our heavenly Father to make us happy, a plan well worthy to be considered. I. God does not...
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...
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...
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 o...
The Biblical Illustrator

For Moses truly said unto your fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you … like unto me. The promised Prophet Note-- I. T...
The Biblical Illustrator

Ye are the children of the prophets and of the covenant. The children of the covenant, the Saviour’s first care I. All who have been dedicated...
The Biblical Illustrator

Unto you first God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you. Sent to bless you I. God sent Jesus to bless us. We should have thou...
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 r...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A final exhortation:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Unto you first God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning a way every one of you from his iniquities. That Jesus of Na...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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²⁶ Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

Related Commentaries of Acts 3:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 3:26