“But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.”
And so God has fulfilled in this way the things he had foretold. Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. — the call to repentance (metanoia, turning around, change of direction) is the response to understanding God's plan. Turning to God (epistrophē, turn toward, convert, return) is the concrete action. The wiping out of sins (exaleiphō, wipe out, blot out, erase, cf. Exodus 32:32-33) is complete forgiveness. Times of refreshing (kairos anapsyxis, seasons of relief, times of revival) refers to present spiritual refreshment and future restoration (apokatastasis, restoration).
Church Fathers on Acts 3:18
But what God before had showed by the mouth of all His Prophets, that His Christ should suffer, He has so fulfilled. Acts 3:18 At the same time showing, that it was not of their doing, if this be proved, that it took place after God's counsel. He alludes to those words with which they had reviled Him on the Cross, namely Let Him deliver Him, if He will have Him; for He said, I am the Son of God. If He trust in God, let Him now come down from the cross. Matthew 27:42-43 O…
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