Bible Strands
Acts 10:43
All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses Cornelius, a Roman centurion, and his household in Caesarea, delivering the first recorded gospel sermon to Gentiles. The Holy Spirit falls on the listeners mid-speech (v. 44), confirming the message.
The words — μαρτυροῦσιν (marturousin, "bear witness") is the prophetic verb: the prophets' function is testimony, not mere prediction. ἄφεσιν (aphesin, "forgiveness") is the object of that testimony—the thing the prophets collectively point to.
The thread — Isaiah 53:11 says the righteous Servant "shall justify many"; Zechariah 13:1 promises a fountain opened to cleanse from sin. Acts 2:38 ties forgiveness of sins directly to Jesus's name, echoing this same convergence.
Why it lands — The verse collapses the entire prophetic canon into a single claim: forgiveness is available to anyone who believes in Christ, not only to Israel. It asks the reader to stop treating the prophets as a collection of isolated predictions and see them as one sustained witness to one outcome.
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The Greek words
King James Version
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
Cross-references
- Zechariah 13:1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
- Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Isaiah 53:11 After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
- Jeremiah 31:34 No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Romans 10:11 It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Acts 13:38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
- John 3:14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
- 1 Peter 1:11 trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
- Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,