King James Version
Acts 3:19 in the King James Version says “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from t...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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;”
Acts 3:19 · KJV
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:
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Repent ye”
G3340to think differently or afterwards, i.e., reconsider (morally, feel compunction)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“that”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“may be blotted out”
G1813to smear out, i.e., obliterate (erase tears, figuratively, pardon sin)
“when”
G3704what(-ever) how, i.e., in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual)
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“the presence”
G4383the front (as being towards view), i.e., the countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person
“of the Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
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