Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Acts 3

Act 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

went up together

were going

prayer

Psa 55:17.

Act 3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

a certain man lame from his mother's womb

Act 14:8.

to ask alms of them that entered into the temple

Jhn 9:8.

Act 3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth

Act 4:10.

Act 3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength

Miracles (N.T.). Act 3:1-10; Act 5:12. (Mat 8:2-3; Act 28:8-9.)

Act 3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

leaping up

Isa 35:6.

walked, and entered

began to walk, and entered.

Act 3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

all the people saw

Act 4:16, 21.

Act 3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

the porch that is called Solomon's

Jhn 10:23; Act 5:12.

Act 3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

holiness

godliness.

Act 3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

Holy One and the Just

Or, Holy and Righteous One.

Act 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

Prince

Or, Author.

life

Life (eternal). Act 5:20. (Mat 7:14; Rev 22:19.)

Act 3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

faith

Faith. Act 13:39. (Gen 3:20; Heb 11:39.)

by

through.

Act 3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

Christ

his Christ.

Act 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;

Repent

Repentance. Act 5:31. (Mat 3:2; Act 17:30.)

be converted

turn again. Luk 22:32.

sins

Sin. Scofield Romans 3:23, note.

when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord

that so may come times of refreshing from the face of the Lord, and [that] he may send…Jesus Christ.

the times of refreshing

"Namely, seasons in which, through the appearance of the Messiah in His kingdom, there shall occur blessed rest and refreshment for the people of God." —Heinrich A. W. Meyer.

Act 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

And he shall send Jesus Christ

The appeal here is national to the Jewish people as such, not individuals as in Peter's first sermon (Act 2:38-39). There those who were pricked in heart were exhorted to save themselves from (among) the untoward nation; here the whole people is addressed, and the promise to national repentance is national deliverance: "and he shall send Jesus Christ" to bring in the times which the prophets had foretold (see Scofield Acts 2:14, note). The official answer was the imprisonment of the apostles, and the inhibition to preach, so fulfilling Luk 19:14.

Act 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.

restitution

Greek apokatastaseos = restoration, occurring here and Acts 1:6 only. The meaning is limited by the words: "Which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets." The prophets speak of the restoration of Israel to the land (see "Israel," Scofield Genesis 12:2-3; Romans 11:26; also "Palestinian Covenant," Scofield Deuteronomy 30:3, note); and of the restoration the theocracy under David's Son. (See "Davidic Covenant," Scofield 2 Samuel 7:8-17, note, "Kingdom," Scofield Genesis 1:26-28; Zechariah 12:8, note.) No prediction of the conversion and restoration of the wicked dead is found in the prophets, or elsewhere. Cf. Revelation 20:11-15.

holy prophets

Sanctify, holy (persons) (N.T.). Act 4:27-30. (Mat 4:5; Rev 22:11.)

since the world began

from old time.

Act 3:22 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.

A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up

Deu 18:15, 18-19.

of

from among.

him shall ye hear

Act 7:37.

Act 3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

destroyed

utterly destroyed.

Act 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.

children

Greek huioi, sons.

our

your.

Act 3:26 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.

his

your.