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Acts 3:24-25 KJV
Acts · chapter 3 · verses 24–25
24Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. 25Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.Acts 3:24-25 · King James Version
Acts 3:24-25 in context
22For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
23And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
24Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
25Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
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Key words (Strong's)
- prophetsprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- likewisekaiand, also, even, indeed, butG2532 →
- foretoldprokatangellōto announce beforehand , of prophecies, to preannounce in the sense of to promiseG4293 →
- childrenyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
- covenantdiathēkēa disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last…G1242 →
- kindredspatrialineage running back to some progenitor, ancestry, a nation or tribe, a group of…G3965 →
- fatherspatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- AbrahamabraamAbraham = " father of a multitude" , the son of Terah and the founder of the…G11 →
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