Acts 3:20
What does Acts 3:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Acts 3:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Acts 3:20 means
Peter promised that if they repented and turned to God, He would send the Christ once again, the very Jesus whom God had already appointed for them. This suggests a future return of Jesus, underscoring His ongoing role as the Messiah and the culmination of God's plans. It connects their present choice to a future hope, wherein the one they rejected will be revealed as their divine deliverer.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and He may send Jesus Christ who before hath been preached to you,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752That when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send him who hath been preached unto you, Jesus Christ.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,
Context
This verse builds upon the promise of refreshing by connecting repentance to the future sending of Jesus. It links the present call to action with the ultimate fulfillment of God's redemptive plan in Christ's return. This eschatological promise reinforces Jesus' identity as the appointed Messiah, offering a profound hope that motivates listeners to repent and embrace the one God has chosen.
v.19Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
v.20This passage
v.21whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 1:7
Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
- Mark 13:26
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
- Luke 21:27
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
- Matthew 24:3
And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
- 2 Thessalonians 2:2
to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;
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