Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 3]
the new heaven and the new earth of Re 21:1. Paul has a
mystical allusion also to the agony of nature in Ro 8:20-22.
The verb \apokathist•mi\ is used by Jesus of the spiritual and
moral restoration wrought by the Baptist as Elijah (Mt 17:11; Mr
9:12) and by the disciples to Jesus in Ac 1:6. Josephus uses
the word of the return from captivity and Philo of the
restitution of inheritances in the year of jubilee. As a
technical medical term it means complete restoration to health.
See a like idea in \palingenesia\ (renewal, new birth) in Mt
19:28; Tit 3:5. This universalism of Peter will be clearer to
him after Joppa and Caesarea.
3:22 {Like unto me} (\h•s eme\). As me, literally; Moses (De
18:14-18) claims that God raised him up as a prophet and that
another and greater one will come, the Messiah. The Jews
understood Moses to be a type of Christ (Joh 1:21). God spoke
to Moses face to face (Ex 33:11) and he was the greatest of the
prophets (De 34:10).
3:23 {That prophet} (\tou proph•tou ekeinou\). Emphasizes the
future prophet as on "him" (\autou\) before "hearken." They had
refused to "hearken" to Moses and now, alas, many had refused to
"hearken" to Christ. {Shall be utterly destroyed}
(\exolethreuth•setai\). First future passive of \exole-\ (\o\)
\threu•\, a late verb, to destroy utterly (\ex\), only here in
the N.T., common in the LXX.
3:24 {From Samuel} (\apo Samou•l\). Schools of prophets arose in
his time, few before him (1Sa 3:1).
3:25 {Ye} (\Humeis\). Emphatic position. {The covenant which God
made} (\t•s diath•k•s h•s ho theos dietheto\). Literally, "the
covenant which God covenanted." \Diath•k•\ and \dietheto\ (second
aorist middle indicative of \diath•mi\) are the same root. See on
Mt 26:28. The covenant (agreement between two, \dia, tith•mi\)
was with Abraham (Ge 12:1-3) and repeated at various times (Ge
18:18; 22:18; 26:4, etc.). In Heb 9:15-18 the word is used
both for covenant and will. The genitive relative \h•s\ attracted
to case of the antecedent.
3:26 {Unto you first} (\Humin pr•ton\). The Jews were first in
privilege and it was through the Jews that the Messiah was to
come for "all the families of the earth." {His servant} (\ton
paida autou\). As in verse 13, the Messiah as God's Servant.
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