Acts 3:26

The Passion Translation

“Now that God raised up his Son, he has chosen to send him first to you that he might bless you by turning each one of you from your wickedness.”

Cross References

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a son and you are to name him ‘Savior,’ for he is destined to give his life to save his people from their sins.”

Acts 3:22

For has not Moses told us: ‘The Lord your God will raise up a prophet from among you who is like me. Listen to him and follow everything he tells you.

Jude 1:24

Now, to the one with enough power to prevent you from stumbling into sin and bring you faultless before his glorious presence to stand before him with ecstatic delight,

Romans 1:16

I refuse to be ashamed of the wonderful message of God’s liberating power unleashed in us through Christ! For I am thrilled to preach that everyone who believes is saved—the Jew first, and then people everywhere!

Acts 3:25

And you are heirs of their prophecies and of the covenants God made with your fathers when he promised Abraham, ‘Your descendant will bring blessing to all the people on the earth.’

1 Peter 1:3

Celebrate with praises the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has shown us his extravagant mercy. For his fountain of mercy has given us a new life—we are reborn to experience a living, energetic hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Ephesians 1:3

Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm has already been lavished upon us as a love gift from our wonderful heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus—all because he sees us wrapped into Christ. This is why we celebrate him with all our hearts!

Romans 15:29

I am convinced that when I come to you, I will come packed full and loaded with the blessings of the Anointed One!

Acts 26:20

For it was in Damascus that I first declared the truth. And then I went to Jerusalem and throughout our nation, and even to other nations, telling people everywhere that they must repent and turn to God and demonstrate it with a changed life.

Acts 3:15

You killed the Prince of Life! But God raised him from the dead, and we stand here as witnesses to that fact.

Acts 2:24

God destroyed the cords of death and raised him up, because it was impossible for death’s power to hold him prisoner.

Acts 1:8

But I promise you this—the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and you will be seized with power. You will be my messengers to Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces —even to the remotest places on earth!”

1 Peter 3:9

Never retaliate when someone treats you wrongly, nor insult those who insult you, but instead, respond by speaking a blessing over them—because a blessing is what God promised to give you.

Psalm 72:17

so that his name may be honored forever! May the fame of his name spring forth! May it shine on, like the sunshine! In him all will be blessed to bless others, and may all the people bless the One who blessed them.

Acts 13:26

“Fellow Jews, Abraham’s descendants, and all those among you who worship and reverence God, this message of life has been sent for us all to hear.

Acts 3:20

And he will send you Jesus, the Messiah, the appointed one.

Luke 24:47

Now you must go into all the nations and preach repentance and forgiveness of sins so that they will turn to me. Start right here in Jerusalem,

Jeremiah 31:18

“I have heard it! The people of Israel moaning, ‘You disciplined us like young, untamed bulls, but you broke us, and we’ve learned to obey. Bring us back, Yahweh; let us come home, for you are our God.

Matthew 15:24

Jesus said, “I’ve only been sent to the lost sheep of Israel.”

John 4:22

Your people don’t really know the One they worship, but we Jews worship out of our experience, for it’s from the Jews that salvation is available.

Acts 2:32

“Can’t you see it? God has resurrected Jesus, and we all have seen him!

Acts 3:13

The God of our ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has done this. For he has glorified his Servant Jesus, the one you denied to Pilate’s face when he decided to release him—and you insisted that he be crucified.

Romans 15:8

I am convinced that Jesus, the Messiah, was sent as a servant to the Jewish people to fulfill the promises God made to our ancestors and to prove God’s faithfulness.