Acts 3:18

3:18 But the things God foretold ¹  long ago through ²  all the prophets – that his Christ ³  would suffer – he has fulfilled in this way.

Acts 3:24

3:24 And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced ⁴  these days.

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¹ sn God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note.

² tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).

³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.

⁴ tn Or “proclaimed.”

sn All the prophets…have spoken about and announced. What Peter preaches is rooted in basic biblical and Jewish hope as expressed in the OT scriptures.