Acts 3:18

Christian Standard Bible ®

But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Messiah would suffer—He has fulfilled in this way.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
But all of it had to happen because God had predicted a long time ago that the Top Hand would suffer.

Legacy Standard Bible
But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

Bible in Basic English
But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

Darby Translation
but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

New King James Version
But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

World English Bible
But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But God hath thus fulfilled the things which he foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.

Weymouth's New Testament
But in this way God has fulfilled the declarations He made through all the Prophets, that His Christ would suffer.

King James Version (1611)
But those things which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his Prophets, that Christ should suffer, hee hath so fulfilled.

Literal Translation
But what things God before proclaimed through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He fulfilled in this manner.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But God, which by the mouth of all his prophetes had shewed before, yt his Christ shulde suffre, hath so fulfilled it.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but thus it is that God has accomplished what he had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.

Amplified Bible
"And so God has fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ (Messiah, Anointed) would suffer.

American Standard Version
But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

Revised Standard Version
But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But those thinges which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his Prophetes how yt Christ shuld suffre he hath thus wyse fulfilled.

Update Bible Version
But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

Webster's Bible Translation
But those things which God before had shown by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

Young's Literal Translation
and God, what things before He had declared through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He did thus fulfil;

New Century Version
God said through the prophets that his Christ would suffer and die. And now God has made these things come true in this way.

New English Translation
But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets—that his Christ would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way.

Berean Standard Bible
But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

Contemporary English Version
But God had his prophets tell that his Messiah would suffer, and now he has kept that promise.

Complete Jewish Bible
But this is how God fulfilled what he had announced in advance, when he spoke through all the prophets, namely, that his Messiah was to die.

English Standard Version
But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But those thinges which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his Prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled.

George Lamsa Translation
But those things, which God before had preached by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he has so fulfilled.

Hebrew Names Version
But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Messiah should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

International Standard Version
This is how God fulfilled what he had predicted through the voice of all the prophets - that his Christ[fn] would suffer.Psalm 22:1-31; Isaiah 50:6; 53:5; Daniel 9:26; Luke 24:44; Acts 26:22; 1 Peter 1:10-11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
and Aloha, according to that which he had before proclaimed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Meshiha should suffer, hath fulfilled this.

Murdock Translation
and God, according as he had previously announced by the mouth of all the prophets that the Messiah would suffer, hath in this manner fulfilled [fn] .

New Living Translation
But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah—that he must suffer these things.

New Life Bible
In this way, God did what He said He would do through all the early preachers. He said that Christ must suffer many hard things.

English Revised Version
But the things which God foreshewed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

New Revised Standard
In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Howbeit, God - what things he had before declared, through the mouth of all the prophets, for his Christ to suffer, - did thus fulfill!

Douay-Rheims Bible
But those things which God before had shewed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

King James Version
But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

Lexham English Bible
But the things which God foretold through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he has fulfilled in this way.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But those thynges which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophetes, that Christe shoulde suffer, he hath so fulfylled.

Easy-to-Read Version
But God said these things would happen. Through the prophets he said that his Messiah would suffer and die. I have told you how God made this happen.

New American Standard Bible
"But the things which God previously announced by the mouths of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has fulfilled in this way.

Good News Translation
God announced long ago through all the prophets that his Messiah had to suffer; and he made it come true in this way.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But God that bifor telde bi the mouth of alle profetis, that his Crist schulde suffre, hath fillid so.

Contextual Overview

¹² When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: "Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness? ¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him. ¹⁴ But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you. ¹⁵ You killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this. ¹⁶ By faith in His name, His name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Him has given him this perfect health in front of all of you. ¹⁷ "And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, just as your leaders also did. ¹⁸ But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Messiah would suffer—He has fulfilled in this way. ¹⁹ Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, ²⁰ and that He may send Jesus, who has been appointed for you as the Messiah. ²¹ Heaven must welcome Him until the times of the restoration of all things, which God spoke about by the mouth of His holy prophets from the beginning.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

those: Acts 17:2, Acts 17:3, Acts 26:22, Acts 26:23, Acts 28:23, Luke 24:26, Luke 24:27, Luke 24:44, 1 Corinthians 15:3, 1 Corinthians 15:4, 1 Peter 1:10, 1 Peter 1:11, Revelation 19:10

all: Genesis 3:15, Psalms 22:1-30, Psalms 69:1-36, Isaiah 50:6, Isaiah 53:1-12, Daniel 9:26, Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 13:7

Reciprocal: Isaiah 44:22 - return Matthew 1:22 - that Luke 4:21 - This day Luke 16:16 - Law Acts 2:23 - being Acts 4:28 - to do Acts 7:52 - which showed Acts 15:7 - by my Romans 3:25 - set forth Ephesians 4:10 - fill 2 Peter 1:21 - by the Holy 2 Peter 3:2 - ye may Revelation 22:6 - the holy

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than any livestock and more than any wild animal. You will move on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:15
I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.

Joshua 23:13
know for certain that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you, a scourge for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God has given you.

Job 1:21
saying: Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will leave this life. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Praise the name of Yahweh.

Job 5:5
The hungry consume his harvest, even taking it out of the thorns. The thirsty pant for his children's wealth.

Job 31:40
then let thorns grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are concluded.

Psalms 90:3
You return mankind to the dust, saying, "Return, descendants of Adam."

Psalms 104:2
He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe, spreading out the sky like a canopy,

Proverbs 22:5
There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked; the one who guards himself stays far from them.

Proverbs 24:31
Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But those things which God before had showed,.... In the Scriptures of the Old Testament, concerning the betraying of the Messiah, and his sufferings and death, with the various causes, concomitants, and circumstances of them:

by the mouths of all his prophets; which were since the world began; some pointing out one thing or circumstance, and some another:

that Christ should suffer. The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "that his Christ should suffer"; but then they leave out the word "his" in the preceding clause, which they put into this; and this entire clause is omitted in the Alexandrian copy:

he hath so fulfilled; in the manner he has, so exactly, so perfectly agreeable to the predictions of them, and yet were unknown to the persons by whom they were fulfilled. So wisely and surprisingly are things ordered and overruled by the wise providence of God, who is a God of knowledge, and by whom all actions are weighed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But those things - To wit, those things that did actually occur, pertaining to the life and death of the Messiah.

Had showed - Had announced, or foretold.

By the mouth of all his prophets - That is, by the prophets in general, without affirming that each individual prophet had uttered a distinct prediction respecting this. The prophets “taken together,” or the prophecies “as a whole,” had declared this. The word “all” is not infrequently used in this somewhat limited sense, Mark 1:37; John 3:26. In regard to the prophecies respecting Christ, see the notes on Luke 24:27.

Hath so fulfilled - He has caused to be fulfilled in this manner; that is, by the rejection, the denial, and the wickedness of the rulers. It has turned out to be in strict accordance with the prophecy. This fact Peter uses in exhorting them to repentance; but it is not to be regarded as an excuse for their sins. The mere fact that all this was foretold; that it was in accordance with the purposes and predictions of God, does not take away the quilt of it, or constitute an excuse for it. In regard to this, we may remark:

1. The prediction did not change the nature of the act. The mere fact that it was foretold, or foreknown, did not change its character. See notes on Acts 1:23.
2. Peter still regarded them as guilty. He did not urge the fact that this was foreknown as an excuse for their sin, but to show them that since all this happened according to the prediction and the purpose of God, they might hope in his mercy. The plan was that the Messiah should die to make a way for pardon, and, therefore, they might hope in his mercy.

(3)This was a signal instance of the power and mercy of God in overruling the wicked conduct of people to further his own purposes and plans.

(4)All the other sins of people may thus be overruled, and thus the wrath of man may be made to praise him. But,

1. This will constitute no excuse for the sinner. It is no part of his intention to honor God, or to advance his purposes; and there is no direct tendency in his crimes to advance his glory. The direct tendency of his deeds is counteracted and overruled, and God brings good out of the evil. But this surely constitutes no excuse for the sinner.

If it be asked why Peter insisted on this if he did not mean that it should be regarded as an excuse for their sin, I reply, that it was his design to prove “that Jesus was the Messiah,” and having proved this, he could assure them that there was mercy. Not that they had not been guilty; not that they deserved favor; but that tire fact that the Messiah had come was an argument which proved that any sinners might obtain mercy, as he immediately proceeds to show them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 3:18. But those things - he hath so fulfilled. — Your ignorance and malice have been overruled by the sovereign wisdom and power of God, and have become the instruments of fulfilling the Divine purpose, that Christ must suffer, in order to make an atonement for the sin of the world. All the prophets had declared this; some of them in express terms, others indirectly and by symbols; but, as the whole Mosaic dispensation referred to Christ, all that prophesied or ministered under it must have referred to him also.