Bible Strands
Acts 3:25
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses the assembled Jewish crowd at the temple after healing the lame man, identifying them by their covenantal lineage before turning to the Servant God raised up (v. 26).
The words — ὑμεῖς (humeis) is the emphatic "you yourselves," a direct finger-point that makes the identification inescapable. υἱοὶ (huioi) carries covenantal sonship, not mere biological descent.
The thread — The quoted promise is Genesis 22:18; Paul restates it in Galatians 3:8, and 1 Chronicles 16:17 confirms its ratification to Jacob and Israel.
Why it lands — Peter is not offering comfort; he is establishing that this audience is the direct heir of the Abrahamic covenant, which makes the rejection of the Servant in the next verse a breach of their own inheritance.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Cross-references
- Genesis 22:18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- Galatians 3:8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
- Acts 2:39 This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
- Romans 9:4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
- Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
- Psalms 105:8 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
- Genesis 26:4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
- Genesis 28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
- Nehemiah 9:8 You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.