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18 But athose things which God foretold bby the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.  
19 aRepent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,  
20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was2 preached to you before,  
21 awhom heaven must receive until the times of brestoration of all things, cwhich God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since1 the world began.  
22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, a‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you.  
23 And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
24 Yes, and aall the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also1 foretold these days.  
25 aYou are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, b‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’  
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Acts 3:20

And that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus (kai aposteilh ton prokexeirismenon umin Xriston Ihsoun). First aorist active subjunctive with opwv an as in Acts 15:17 and Luke 2:35. There is little real difference in idea between opwv an and ina an. There is a conditional element in all purpose clauses. The reference is naturally to the second coming of Christ as verse Acts 3:21 shows. Knowling admits "that there is a spiritual presence of the enthroned Jesus which believers enjoy as a foretaste of the visible and glorious Presence of the Parousia." Jesus did promise to be with the disciples all the days (Matthew 28:20), and certainly repentance with accompanying seasons of refreshing help get the world ready for the coming of the King. The word prokexeirismenon (perfect passive participle of proxeirizw, from proxeirov, at hand, to take into one's hands, to choose) is the correct text here, not prokekhrugmenon. In the N.T. only here and Acts 22:14; Acts 26:16. It is not "Jesus Christ" here nor "Christ Jesus," but "the Messiah, Jesus," identifying Jesus with the Messiah. See the Second Epiphany of Jesus foretold also in I Timothy 6:15 and the First Epiphany described in I Peter 1:20.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 3:20:

Acts 2:32
Acts 3:19
Acts 13:24
Acts 22:14
2 Timothy 1:16
2 Peter 3:4

 

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