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Acts 3:25

“You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’”

Acts 3:25 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Genesis 22:18

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Peter quotes the promise to Abraham. Where Genesis 22:18 says “nations” (goyim), Acts says “families” (patriai), the word of Genesis 12:3.

Formula: λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ “saying to Abraham” (Acts 3:25)

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Greek of the New Testament: ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῆς διαθήκης ἧς διέθετο ὁ θεὸς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ Καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου ἐνευλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהִתְבָּרֲכוּ בְזַרְעֲךָ כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתָּ בְּקֹלִי

Septuagint (Genesis 22:18-19 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν τῷ σπέρματι ¶ σου πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἀνθ’ ὦν ὑπήκουσας τῆς ἐμῆς φωνῆς. ἀπεστράφη δὲ Ἀβραὰμ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναστάντες ἐπορεύθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ ὅρκου· καὶ κατῴκησεν Ἀβραὰμ ἐπὶ τῷ φρέατι τοῦ ὅρκου.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Acts 3:25, word by word

areἐστεeste

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “este” appears
the sonsυἱοὶhuioi

one belonging to

Someone with the character of something: "children of light".

Where else “huioi” appears
of the prophetsπροφητῶνprophētōn

prophet

Someone who speaks for God.

Where else “prophētōn” appears
of the covenantδιαθήκηςdiathēkēs

covenant

The agreement with promises and obligations that God makes with his people.

Where else “diathēkēs” appears
Godθεὸςtheos

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

Where else “theos” appears
madeδιέθετοdietheto

make covenant

Establish a covenant; draw up a will.

Where else “dietheto” appears
fathersπατέραςpateras

forefather

An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.

Where else “pateras” appears
sayingλέγωνlegōn

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legōn” appears
AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam

Abraham

Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.

Where else “Abraam” appears
offspringσπέρματίspermati

offspring

Someone's children and descendants.

Where else “spermati” appears
the familiesπατριαὶpatriai

family, clan

Family, clan, line of descent.

Where else “patriai” appears
of the earthγῆςgēs

earth

The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.

Where else “gēs” appears
will be blessed.’ἐνευλογηθήσονταιeneulogēthēsontai

bless

Bless; "be blessed in" someone.

Where else “eneulogēthēsontai” appears

Translation note

Genesis 22:18; compare 12:3.

Parallel passages

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Quotation · Genesis 22:18

Peter quotes the promise to Abraham. Where Genesis 22:18 says “nations” (goyim), Acts says “families” (patriai), the word of Genesis 12:3.

See them side by side

Acts 3:25

25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

Genesis 22:18

18And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will bless themselves, because you listened to my voice.”

The context

24And all the prophets also, from Samuel and those after him, as many as have spoken, also announced these days.

25 · This verse (above)

26To you first, God, having raised up his servant, sent him to bless you as each of you turns away from your wicked deeds.”

Read all of Acts 3

To study Acts 3 in a group

  1. 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. 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. 3. How I live it

    When someone thanks or praises you, how can you simply acknowledge what helped you do it?

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