Acts 3:20

Mace New Testament

who has been beforehand prepar'd thereto,

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord will give you times of spiritual rest. He will send you Jesus, the one he chose to be the Messiah.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and when God shall sende him which before was preached vnto you that is to wit Iesus Christ

Hebrew Names Version
and that he may send Messiah Yeshua, who was ordained for you before,

International Standard Version
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and so that he may send you Jesus, the Christ[fn] whom he appointed long ago.

New American Standard Bible
and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

New Century Version
And he will send Jesus, the One he chose to be the Christ.

Update Bible Version
so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ who has been appointed for you, [even] Jesus:

Webster's Bible Translation
And he will send Jesus Christ, who before was preached to you:

English Standard Version
that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,

World English Bible
and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he may send to you Jesus Christ,

Weymouth's New Testament
and that He may send the Christ appointed beforehand for you--even Jesus.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that whanne the tymes of refresching schulen come from the siyt of the Lord, and he schal sende thilke Jhesu Crist,

English Revised Version
and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:

Berean Standard Bible
that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.

Contemporary English Version
Then that time will come when the Lord will give you fresh strength. He will send you Jesus, his chosen Messiah.

Amplified Bible
and that He may send [to you] Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you,

American Standard Version
and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:

Bible in Basic English
And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:

Complete Jewish Bible
so that times of refreshing may come from the Lord's presence; and he may send the Messiah appointed in advance for you, that is, Yeshua.

Darby Translation
and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,

Etheridge Translation
and he may send to you Him whom he hath ordained for you, Jeshu Meshiha,

Murdock Translation
and times of rest may come to you from before the face of the Lord; and he may send to you him, who was made ready for you, Jesus the Messiah:

King James Version (1611)
And hee shall send Iesus Christ, which before was preached vnto you.

New Living Translation
Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.

New Life Bible
He will send Jesus back to the world. He is the Christ Who long ago was chosen for you.

New Revised Standard
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah appointed for you, that is, Jesus,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he shall sende Iesus Christ, which before was preached vnto you,

George Lamsa Translation
And he shall send to you One who has been prepared for you, even Jesus Christ;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he may send forth him who had been fore-appointed for you - Christ Jesus:

Douay-Rheims Bible
That when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send him who hath been preached unto you, Jesus Christ.

Revised Standard Version
and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he shall sende Iesus Christ, which before was preached vnto you.

Good News Translation
times of spiritual strength will come from the Lord, and he will send Jesus, who is the Messiah he has already chosen for you.

Christian Standard Bible®
that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send Jesus, who has been appointed for you as the Messiah.

King James Version
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

Lexham English Bible
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and he may send the Christ appointed for you—Jesus,

Literal Translation
and that He may send forth the One before proclaimed to you, Jesus Christ,

Young's Literal Translation
and He may send Jesus Christ who before hath been preached to you,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and whan he shal sende him, which now before is preached vnto you, euen Iesus Christ:

New English Translation
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you—that is, Jesus.

New King James Version
and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, [fn]

Simplified Cowboy Version
A time is comin' fast where you will get your second wind in the presence of the Lord, and God is going to send him back to gather all his cowboys up and take them home with him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

Legacy Standard Bible
and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

Contextual Overview

¹² which Peter observing, thus addressed them, ye men of Israel, why are ye so surprized at this event? or why do you look so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or piety, we had caus'd this man to walk? ¹³ the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and renounced in opposition to Pilate, who was determined to let him go. ¹⁴ but ye renounced him that was holy and just; you interceeded for the life of a murderer, ¹⁵ but killed the prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. ¹⁶ it is the faith which we have in him, that has procured strength to this man whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him, hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. ¹⁷ and now, brethren, I know it was through ignorance, that both you and your rulers, have acted thus. ¹⁸ but thus it is that God has accomplished what he had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer. ¹⁹ repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, who shall send Jesus Christ, ²⁰ who has been beforehand prepar'd thereto, ²¹ but must reside in heaven, till the time of the restitution of all things, of which God has spoken from the beginning by the mouth of his holy prophets.

Bible Verse Review
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Acts 17:31, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 24:3, Matthew 24:30-36, Mark 13:26, Mark 13:30-37, Luke 19:11, Luke 21:27, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Hebrews 9:28, Revelation 1:7, Revelation 19:11-16

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:22 - I say Acts 3:26 - sent Acts 8:35 - preached Colossians 1:28 - Whom

Cross-References

Matthew 1:21
and she shall be deliver'd of a son, to whom you shall give the name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matthew 1:23
a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel," that is to say, God our Saviour.

Acts 17:26
he he has deduced all mankind from one parent, to inhabit the surface of the whole earth, having pre-establish'd the appointed periods, and the boundarys of their dominions:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall send Jesus Christ,.... Or "that he may send Jesus Christ", as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it: not in person, for this regards neither his first, nor his second coming, both which might be terrible to the awakened Jews; the former, because he had been sent, and was come, and was gone again; and therefore might fear there was no hope for them, who had denied him, and crucified him; the latter, because they might conclude he would be sent, and come to take vengeance on them, when they should look upon him whom they had pierced with horror and trembling; but here it regards his being sent, and his coming in the ministration of the word, and by his Spirit, to the comfort of their souls:

which before was preached unto you; in the writings of the Old Testament, in the books of Moses, and of the Prophets, Acts 3:22 or, as it is read in the Alexandrian copy, and in other copies, and in the Complutensian edition, and in the Syriac and Arabic versions, who was "predetermined" or "prepared for you"; that is, in the purposes, council, and covenant of God. The Ethiopic version reads, "whom he before anointed"; to be prophet, priest, and King; and from each of these considerations much comfort might be drawn by sensible sinners.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he shall send ... - Acts 1:1 l. Under this economy of things, he shall send Jesus Christ, that is, the Messiah, to teach people; to redeem them; to save them; to judge the world; to gather his people to himself; and to condemn the wicked. Under this economy they were then. This, therefore, was an argument why they should repent and turn to God, that they might escape in the day of judgment.

Which before was preached ... - Who has been proclaimed as the Messiah. The name “Jesus Christ” is equivalent here to “the Messiah.” The Messiah had been proclaimed to the Jews as about to come. In his time was to be the period of refreshing. He had come; and they were under the economy in which the blessings of the Messiah were to be enjoyed. This does not refer to his personal ministry, or to the preaching of the apostles, but to the fact that the Messiah had been a long time announced to them by the prophets as about to come. All the prophets had preached him as the hope of the nation. It may be remarked, however, that there is here a difference in the manuscripts. A large majority of them read προκεχειρισμενον prokecheirismenon, who was designated or appointed, instead of who was preached. This reading is approved by Griesbach, Knapp, Bengel, etc. It was followed in the ancient Syriac, the Arabic, etc., and is undoubtedly the true reading.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 3:20. Which before was preached unto you — Instead of προκεκηρυγμενον, before preached, ABCDE, fifty-three others, both the Syriac, all the Arabic, the Armenian, Chrysostom, and others, have προκεχειρισμενον, who was before designed, or appointed; and this is without doubt the true reading. Christ crucified was the person whom God had from the beginning appointed or designed for the Jewish people. It was not a triumphant Messiah which they were to expect; but one who was to suffer and die. Jesus was this person; and by believing in him, as thus suffering and dying for their sins, he should be again sent, in the power of his Spirit, to justify and save them.