King James Version
Acts 3:26 in the King James Version says “Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his ini...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Acts 3:26 · KJV
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“having raised up”
G450to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
“Son”
G3816a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“sent”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“to bless”
G2127to speak well of, i.e., (religiously) to bless (thank or invoke a benediction upon, prosper)
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“his iniquities”
G4189depravity, i.e., (specially), malice; plural (concretely) plots, sins
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