Acts 3:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

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  • Acts 1:11 : 11 and said,“Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”
  • Luke 1:70 : 70 as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,
  • Mark 9:11-13 : 11 Then they asked him,“Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?” 12 He said to them,“Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised? 13 But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him.”
  • Mal 4:5-6 : 5 Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives. 6 He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.”
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.
  • Matt 17:11-12 : 11 He answered,“Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things. 12 And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”
  • Isa 1:26 : 26 I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called,‘The Just City, Faithful Town.’”
  • Mal 3:3-4 : 3 He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the LORD a proper offering. 4 The offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in former times and years past.
  • Acts 3:19 : 19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
  • Acts 10:43 : 43 About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
  • 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
  • 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)
  • Rev 22:6 : 6 A Final Reminder Then the angel said to me,“These words are reliable and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon.”

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  • Acts 3:18-20
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    18But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets– that his Christ would suffer– he has fulfilled in this way.

    19Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

    20so 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.

  • Acts 3:22-24
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    22Moses said,‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.

    23Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’

    24And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.

  • Luke 1:70
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    70as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

  • Matt 11:13
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    13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.

  • Matt 17:11
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    11He answered,“Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

  • Acts 10:42-43
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    42He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

    43About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

  • Acts 1:11
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    11and said,“Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”

  • Acts 1:2
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    2until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

  • Acts 15:15
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    15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written,

  • Acts 2:16
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    16But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

  • Acts 1:9
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    9After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

  • Acts 2:33
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    33So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

  • Acts 13:39-40
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    39and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.

    40Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you:

  • Acts 5:31
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    31God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

  • Acts 1:6-7
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    6So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him,“Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

    7He told them,“You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

  • Heb 1:1-2
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    1¶ Introduction: God Has Spoken Fully and Finally in His Son After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

    2in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.

  • Mal 4:5
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    5Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives.

  • 2 Pet 3:2
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    2I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.

  • Acts 1:22
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    22beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us– one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”

  • Mark 9:11-12
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    11Then they asked him,“Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”

    12He said to them,“Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

  • Deut 18:18
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    18I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

  • Luke 24:19
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    19He said to them,“What things?”“The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied,“a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;

  • Acts 2:22
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    22“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know–

  • Deut 18:15
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    15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you– from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.

  • Acts 15:17
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    17so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,’ says the Lord, who makes these things

  • Mark 16:19
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    19After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

  • Acts 7:37
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    37This is the Moses who said to the Israelites,‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

  • Rom 1:2
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    2This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

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  • Luke 24:44
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    44Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”

  • Acts 1:4
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    4While he was with them, he declared,“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

  • Acts 10:16
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    16This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.

  • Luke 24:47
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    47and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

  • Mark 1:2
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    2As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,“Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

  • Acts 7:55-56
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    55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

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    32I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

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    15because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

  • Acts 1:16
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    16“Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas– who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus–

  • 1 Pet 1:10-11
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    10Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully.

    11They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.