26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
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And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, …
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-26)We have here the sermon which Peter preached after he had cured the lame man. When Peter saw it . 1. When he saw the people got together in a crowd, he took that opportunity to preach Christ to them, especially the temple being the place of their concourse, and Solomon’s porch there: let them come and hear a more excellent wisdom than Solomon’s, for, behold, a greater than Solomon is here preached…
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