Acts 3:26 “When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you…”

Acts 3:26

When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

American Standard Version

Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

Geneva Bible 1599

First vnto you hath God raysed vp his Sonne Iesus, and him hee hath sent to blesse you, in turning euery one of you from your iniquities.

Darby Translation

To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one [of you] from your wickedness.

Young's Literal Translation

to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'

Bible in Basic English

To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

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Cross references

“first”

Acts 1:8 Acts 26:20 Acts 28:23–28 Revelation 7:4–9 Acts 13:26 Acts 18:4–6

Acts 1:8 · BSB

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 26:20 · BSB

First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

Acts 28:23–28 · BSB

So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Mos…

Revelation 7:4–9 · BSB

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

Acts 13:26 · BSB

Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

Acts 18:4–6 · BSB

Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

“having”

Acts 3:22 Acts 3:15

Acts 3:22 · BSB

For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.

Acts 3:15 · BSB

You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.

“sent”

Acts 3:25 Romans 15:29 Galatians 3:9–14 Ephesians 1:3 1 Peter 1:3 Psalm 72:17

Acts 3:25 · BSB

And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

Romans 15:29 · BSB

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

Galatians 3:9–14 · BSB

So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Ephesians 1:3 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

1 Peter 1:3 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Psalm 72:17 · BSB

May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

“in”

Matthew 1:21 1 John 3:5–8 Jude 1:24 Ezekiel 36:25–29 Jeremiah 32:38–41 Titus 2:11–14

Matthew 1:21 · BSB

She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

1 John 3:5–8 · BSB

But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

Jude 1:24 · BSB

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

Ezekiel 36:25–29 · BSB

I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

Jeremiah 32:38–41 · BSB

They will be My people, and I will be their God.

Titus 2:11–14 · BSB

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

Also

Romans 1:16 Acts 2:24

Romans 1:16 · BSB

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Acts 2:24 · BSB

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

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