Acts 3:24
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
Acts 3:24 in other translations
| BSB | Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days. |
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| WEB | Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, also told of these days. |
| ASV | Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days. |
| YLT | and also all the prophets from Samuel and those following in order, as many as spake, did also foretell of these days. |
| DARBY | And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after him, as many as have spoken, have announced also these days. |
| BBE | And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days. |
| Webster | And all the prophets also from Samuel, and those that follow, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold these days. |
What does Acts 3:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 3:22-26
22-26. a prophet ... like unto me--particularly in intimacy of communication with God (Nu 12:6-8), and as the mediatorial Head of a new order of things (He 3:2-6). Peter takes it for granted that, in the light of all he had just said, it would be seen at once that One only had any claim to be that Prophet. him shall ye hear in all things, &c.--This part of the prediction is emphatically added, in order to shut up…
Barnes' Notes
From Samuel. In the previous verse, (Acts 3:22,) Moses was mentioned as the first in order. The next in order was Samuel. The same mention of Moses and Samuel occurs in Ps 99:6. The reason why Samuel is mentioned here is, probably, that he was the first prophet after Moses who recorded a prediction respecting the times of the Messiah. The Jews, in their divisions of the books of the Old Testament, reckoned the book of Joshua as the first of the prophets. But in Joshua and Judges there does not occur any distinct prediction of the Messiah. The prophecy in Samuel, to which Peter probably had reference, is in 2Sam 7:16. From the time of Moses to Samuel, also, it is probable that no prophet arose. God was consulted by Urim and Thummim, (Ex 28:30, Nu 27:21); and consequently no extraordinary messenger was sent to instruct the nation.
As many as have spoken. Whosoever has declared the will of God. This is to be taken in a general sense.
The meaning is, that the prophets had concurred in foretelling these days. They not merely concurred in foretelling a happy future period, but they foretold distinctly the very things which had actually occurred respecting Jesus of Nazareth; and the Jews, therefore, should listen to the voice of their own prophets.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 3:22-26
Here is a powerful address to warn the Jews of the dreadful consequences of their unbelief, in the very words of Moses, their favourite prophet, out of pretended zeal for whom they were ready to reject Christianity, and to try to destroy it. Christ came into the world to bring a blessing with him. And he sent his Spirit to be the great blessing. Christ came to bless us, by turning us from our iniquities, and saving…
Acts 3:24 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 3:24
- Acts 3:21
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
- Luke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
- 1 Samuel 3:20
And all Israel from Dan even to Beer–sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.
- Psalms 99:6
Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
- 1 Samuel 2:18
But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
- Romans 3:21
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
- Acts 13:20
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
- 1 Samuel 3:1
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
- Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- Jeremiah 15:1
Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
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Context
- Acts 3:23
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
- Acts 3:24
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
- Acts 3:25
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Acts 3:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y todos los profetas desde Samuel y en adelante, todos los que han hablado, han anunciado estos días. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et même tous les prophètes, depuis Samuel et ceux qui l’ont suivi, tous ceux qui ont parlé, ont aussi annoncé ces jours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber auch alle Propheten, von Samuel an und der Reihe nach, so viele ihrer geredet haben, haben auch diese Tage verkündigt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et omnes prophetæ, a Samuel et deinceps, qui locuti sunt, annuntiaverunt dies istos. |