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Soοὖνchange your mindsμετανοήσατεandκαὶturn back,ἐπιστρέψατεso thatπρὸς τὸyourὑμῶνsinsτὰς ἁμαρτίαςmay be wiped out,ἐξαλειφθῆναι
Acts 3:19
Study it in the app“So change your minds and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,”
Peter: heaven must receive Jesus until the times of the restoration of all thingsJesus Will ReturnPeter invites them to change their minds and turn to GodTurning back to God
With the Greek beneath
Acts 3:19, word by word
- change your mindsμετανοήσατεmetanoēsate
change one's mind
Change one's mind: turn around one's way of thinking, and with it one's way of living, to return to God. It is usually translated "repent".
Where else “metanoēsate” appears- turn backἐπιστρέψατεepistrepsate
turn to God
To come back to God, or bring others back to him.
Where else “epistrepsate” appears- sinsἁμαρτίαςhamartias
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartias” appears- may be wiped outἐξαλειφθῆναιexaleiphthēnai
wipe out
Make what is written disappear, without a trace.
Where else “exaleiphthēnai” appears
The context
18But God fulfilled in this way what he announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.
19 · This verse (above)
20so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and he may send the Messiah appointed for you, Jesus,
To study Acts 3 in a group
1. What it says
What do Peter and John do for the lame man at the temple gate, and how does he react? (vv. 2-8)
2. What it means
When the people are amazed, Peter turns attention to Jesus and not to himself. Why does he do that? (vv. 12-16)
3. How I live it
When someone thanks or praises you, how can you simply acknowledge what helped you do it?