Acts 3:25
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 3
“Ye 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 3:25
What Does Acts 3:25 Mean?
Acts 3:25 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 3, verse 25 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Covenant, Adoption, Election, and Identity.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Acts 3:25 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 12:3“And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”Genesis 22:18“And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.”Psalms 115:14“The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.”John 1:11“He came unto his own, and his own received him not.”Galatians 3:8“And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.”Matthew 15:24“But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”Genesis 26:4“And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;”Genesis 28:14“And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.”1 Chronicles 16:17“And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,”Acts 2:39“For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.”Romans 15:8“Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:”Romans 9:4“Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;”Mark 10:14“But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.”Acts 3:26“Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.”Galatians 3:16“Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”Nehemiah 9:8“And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:”Psalms 22:27“All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.”Psalms 105:8“He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.”Matthew 8:12“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Luke 24:47“And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
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