King James Version
Acts 3:18 in the King James Version says “But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fu...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.”
Acts 3:18 · King James Version
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.
And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
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;
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
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“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“those things which”
G3739the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
“the mouth”
G4750the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or e
“prophets”
G4396a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“fulfilled”
G4137to make replete, i.e., (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute
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