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Selected Verse: Acts 3:24 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 3:24 |
Strong Concordance |
Yea [2532], and [1161] all [3956] the prophets [4396] from [575] Samuel [4545] and [2532] those that follow after [2517], as many as [3745] have spoken [2980], have [4293] likewise [2532] foretold [4293] of these [5025] days [2250]. |
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King James |
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| foretold of these days--of Messiah; all pointing to "the time of reformation" (Heb 9:10), though with more or less distinctness. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
All the prophets - That is, the prophets in general. It may be said of the prophets generally, or of all of them, that they have foretold these things. This expression is not to be pressed as if we were to look for distinct predictions of the Messiah in each one of the prophets. The use of language does not require so strict an interpretation.
From Samuel - In the previous verse (22) Moses was mentioned as the first in order. The next in order was Samuel. The same mention of Moses and Samuel occurs in Psa 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 Sa2 7:16. From the time of Moses to Samuel, also, it is probable that no prophet arose. God was consulted by Urim, and Thummim Exo 28:30; Num 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. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| These days - The days of the Messiah. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| All the prophets from Samuel - Dr. Lightfoot observes: "We have Moses and Samuel mentioned together in this place, as also Psa 99:6, because there were few or no prophets between these two, Sa1 3:1, and the apparition of angels having been more frequent; but, after the decease of Phineas, it is a question whether there was any oracle by Urim and Thummim, through the defect of prophecy in the high priests, till the times of Samuel. But then it revived in Abimelec, Abiather, etc." The Jews have a saying, Hieros. Chagigah, fol. 77. גכיאים שמואל דבן של Samuel was the chief of the prophets. Perhaps it was in reference to this that Peter said, All the prophets from Samuel, etc. |
10 Which stood only [3440] in [1909] meats [1033] and [2532] drinks [4188], and [2532] divers [1313] washings [909], and [2532] carnal [4561] ordinances [1345], imposed [1945] on them until [3360] the time [2540] of reformation [1357].
21 And he shall stand [05975] before [06440] Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], who shall ask [07592] counsel for him after the judgment [04941] of Urim [0224] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: at his word [06310] shall they go out [03318], and at his word [06310] they shall come in [0935], both he, and all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] with him, even all the congregation [05712].
30 And thou shalt put [05414] in the breastplate [02833] of judgment [04941] the Urim [0224] and the Thummim [08550]; and they shall be upon Aaron's [0175] heart [03820], when he goeth [0935] in before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and Aaron [0175] shall bear [05375] the judgment [04941] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] upon his heart [03820] before [06440] the LORD [03068] continually [08548].
16 And thine house [01004] and thy kingdom [04467] shall be established [0539] for [05704] ever [05769] before [06440] thee: thy throne [03678] shall be established [03559] for [05704] ever [05769].
6 Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] among his priests [03548], and Samuel [08050] among them that call [07121] upon his name [08034]; they called [07121] upon the LORD [03068], and he answered [06030] them.
1 And the child [05288] Samuel [08050] ministered [08334] unto the LORD [03068] before [06440] Eli [05941]. And the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] was precious [03368] in those days [03117]; there was no open [06555] vision [02377].
6 Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] among his priests [03548], and Samuel [08050] among them that call [07121] upon his name [08034]; they called [07121] upon the LORD [03068], and he answered [06030] them.