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Acts 3:23

Context
3:23 Every person 1  who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed 2  from the people.’ 3 

Acts 10:35

Context
10:35 but in every nation 4  the person who fears him 5  and does what is right 6  is welcomed before him.

1 tn Grk “every soul” (here “soul” is an idiom for the whole person).

2 tn Or “will be completely destroyed.” In Acts 3:23 the verb ἐξολεθρεύω (exoleqreuw) is translated “destroy and remove” by L&N 20.35.

3 sn A quotation from Deut 18:19, also Lev 23:29. The OT context of Lev 23:29 discusses what happened when one failed to honor atonement. One ignored the required sacrifice of God at one’s peril.

4 sn See Luke 24:47.

5 tn Or “shows reverence for him.”

6 tn Grk “works righteousness”; the translation “does what is right” for this phrase in this verse is given by L&N 25.85.

sn Note how faith and response are linked here by the phrase and does what is right.



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