Acts 3:19 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

BSB

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ASV

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

KJV

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;

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Repent ye therefore,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "and be baptized"; see Gill on Act 2:38, and be converted. The apostle's sense is, repent of the sin of crucifying Christ, which is what he had been charging them with, and turn unto him, and acknowledge him as the Messiah; receive his doctrines, and submit to his ordinances; externally reform in life and conversation, and bring forth fruits meet for repentance, such as will show it to be true and genuine: that your sins may be blotted out; or forgiven, see Psa 51:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Be converted - Be turned from sin and Satan unto God. But this term, so common in modern writings, very rarely occurs in Scripture: perhaps not once in the sense we now use it, for an entire change from vice to holiness. That the times of refreshing - Wherein God largely bestows his refreshing grace, may come - To you also.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Repent ye - See the notes on Mat 3:2. Therefore - Because of your sin in putting Jesus to death, and “because” he is the Messiah, and God through him is willing to show mercy to the chief of sinners. And be converted - This expression conveys an idea not at all to be found in the original. It conveys the idea of “passivity,” be “converted,” as if they were to yield to some foreign influence I that they were now resisting. But the idea of being “passive” in this is not conveyed by the original word.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μετανοήσατε	metanoēsate	do repent	G3340 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπιστρέψατε	epistrepsate	do turn again	G1994 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἐξαλειφθῆναι	exaleiphthēnai	blotting out	G1813 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of your	G4771 →
τὰς	tas	<the>	G3588 →
ἁμαρτίας,	hamartias	sins,	G266 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
leads to
- Hebrews 8:12
  For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Micah 7:18–19
  Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Hebrews 10:17
  Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
- Jeremiah 31:34
  No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I…
- Isaiah 1:18
  “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Through
Acts 2:38
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
leads to
- Acts 22:16
  And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
- Mark 16:16
  Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- Acts 8:12
  But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Acts