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Acts 3:21

Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

KJV

ὃν δεῖ οὐρανὸν μὲν δέξασθαι ἄχρι χρόνων ἀποκαταστάσεως πάντων ὧν ἐλάλησεν ὁ θεὸς διὰ στόματος τῶν ἁγίων ἀπ’ αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ προφητῶν.

Greek NT

quem oportet quidem cælum suscipere usque in tempora restitutionis omnium quæ locutus est Deus per os sanctorum suorum a sæculo prophetarum.

Vulgate

whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old.

ASV

Whom heaven indeed must receive, until the times of the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the beginning of the world.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέχομαι
dechomai
verb · 56×
δεῖ
dei
verb · 103×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
στόμα
stoma
noun · 78×
χρόνος
chronos
noun · 54×
ἀποκατάστασις
apokatastasis
noun · 1×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄχρι
achri
adverb · 49×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: στόματος | WH/Treg/NIV: στόματος | RP: + πάντων
  • στόματοςSBLGNT
  • στόματοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + πάντωνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ προφητῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ προφητῶν | RP: αὐτοῦ προφητῶν ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος
  • ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ προφητῶνSBLGNT
  • ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ προφητῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτοῦ προφητῶν ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνοςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§674The glorious Messiah's coming is suspended at every moment of history until his recognition by "all Israel", for "a hardening has come upon part of Israel" in their "unbelief" toward Jesus.568 St. Peter says to the Jews of Jerusalem after Pentecost: "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the L…
§1042At the end of time, the Kingdom of God will come in its fullness. After the universal judgment, the righteous will reign for ever with Christ, glorified in body and soul. the universe itself will be renewed: The Church . . . will receive her perfection only in the glory of heaven, when will come the time of the renewal of all things. At that time, together with the human race, …
The Church, to which we are all called in Christ Jesus, and in which we acquire sanctity through the grace of God, will attain its full perfection only in the glory of heaven, when there will come the time of the restoration of all things. At that time, together with the human race, the universe itself, which is so closely related to man and which attains its destiny through hi…
Q. But isn't Christ with us until the end of the world as he promised? A. Christ is truly human and truly God. In his human nature Christ is not now on earth; but in his divinity, majesty, grace, and Spirit he is not absent from us for a moment.
We further believe and teach that the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, was predestinated or foreordained from eternity by the Father to be the Savior of the world. And we believe that he was born, not only when he assumed flesh of the Virgin Mary, and not only before the foundation of the world was laid, but by the Father before all eternity in an inexpressible manner. The So…

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:22 — Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
  • 2Pet 3:2 — That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
  • 2Pet 3:2 — That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
  • Acts 1:11 — Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
  • Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 3:24 — Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
  • Heb 9:24 — For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  • Isa 1:26 — And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
  • Jas 5:10 — Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
  • Job 14:12 — So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
  • Luke 1:70 — As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
  • Luke 1:70 — As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
  • Luke 5:35 — But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
  • Mal 4:5 — Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
  • Mark 9:4 — And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
  • Mark 9:11 — And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
  • Mark 16:19 — So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
  • Matt 17:11 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
  • Matt 17:11 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
  • Matt 19:28 — And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, ju
  • Matt 26:11 — For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
  • Rev 10:7 — But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
  • Rev 22:6 — And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
  • Rom 3:21 — But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
  • Rom 8:19 — For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
  • Rom 8:21 — Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
  • Rom 8:21 — Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.