Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
And [also] that God may send Christ [to you], the One whom He has appointed for your [benefit]. This [is] Jesus,
New American Standard Bible
and that He may send Jesus, the
King James Version
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
Holman Bible
and that He may send Jesus, who has been appointed
International Standard Version
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and so that he may send you Jesus, whom he appointed long ago to be the Messiah.
A Conservative Version
And he may send Christ Jesus who has been pre-ordained for you,
American Standard Version
and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:
Amplified
and that He may send [to you] Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you,
Anderson New Testament
and that he may send Jesus Christ, who was destined for you;
Bible in Basic English
And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:
Common New Testament
and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,
Daniel Mace New Testament
who has been beforehand prepar'd thereto,
Darby Translation
and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,
Godbey New Testament
and he may send forth Jesus, who has been preached unto you as the Christ,
Goodspeed New Testament
and he will send Jesus, your destined Christ.
John Wesley New Testament
And he may send to you Jesus Christ,
Julia Smith Translation
And he send Jesus Christ, before proclaimed to you,
King James 2000
And he shall send Jesus Christ, who before was preached unto you:
Lexham Expanded Bible
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and he may send the Christ appointed for you--Jesus,
Modern King James verseion
And He shall send Jesus Christ, who before was proclaimed to you,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and when God shall send him, which before was preached unto you,
Moffatt New Testament
and that the Lord may send Jesus your long-decreed Christ,
Montgomery New Testament
"and that he may send Jesus, your appointed Messiah,
NET Bible
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you -- that is, Jesus.
New Heart English Bible
and that he may send Jesus, the Messiah who was ordained for you before,
Noyes New Testament
and that he may send forth Christ Jesus, who was before appointed for you;
Sawyer New Testament
and he send to you Jesus Christ before appointed,
The Emphasized Bible
And he may send forth him who had been fore-appointed for you - Christ Jesus:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and he will send Jesus Christ, who was before preached unto you:
Twentieth Century New Testament
And that he may send you, in Jesus, your long-appointed Christ.
Webster
And he will send Jesus Christ, who before was preached to you:
Weymouth New Testament
and that He may send the Christ appointed beforehand for you--even Jesus.
Williams New Testament
and He may send back Jesus, the Christ who long ago was appointed for you.
World English Bible
and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,
Worrell New Testament
and that He may send forth Christ Jesus who had been before appointed for you;
Worsley New Testament
and He may send Jesus Christ, who was before preached unto you:
Youngs Literal Translation
and He may send Jesus Christ who before hath been preached to you,
Themes
Christian ministers » Faithful » Apostles
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Peter and other disciples
Jews, the » Christ was sent to
Religious zeal » Instances of » Peter
The second coming of Christ » Foretold by » Apostles
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 3:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Peter Preaches In The Temple
19 Therefore, you people [must] repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives] and turn [back] again [to God] so that your sins will be blotted out and so that you may enjoy times of [spiritual] refreshment from the presence of the Lord [i.e., through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit]. 20 And [also] that God may send Christ [to you], the One whom He has appointed for your [benefit]. This [is] Jesus, 21 who must be received into heaven until [God's appointed] times when everything will be restored [to its intended purpose]. God had spoken about this through the proclamations of His holy prophets of long ago.
Cross References
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of man will return in the splendor of His Father, accompanied by His angels. Then He will reward or punish every person in proportion to what he has done [with his life].
Matthew 24:3
And as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, His disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things [you just spoke of] happen? And what will be the sign that indicates your presence and the end of the [present] age?"
Matthew 24:30-36
Then the sign [i.e., signifying the coming] of the Son of man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will be stricken with grief as they see the Son of man coming in the clouds of the sky [See Acts 1:9-11] with power and great splendor.
Mark 13:26
And then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and splendor.
Mark 13:30-37
Truly I tell you, the people of this generation will not [all] die off before all these things [i.e., mentioned above] happen.
Luke 19:11
And as the crowd listened to these things, Jesus told them another parable, because He was close to Jerusalem and they assumed the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.
Luke 21:27
And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great splendor [Note: This no doubt refers to the second coming of Christ. See II Pet. 3:9-10; Matt. 24:30-31; Rev. 1:7].
Acts 17:31
For He has appointed a [certain] day when He will judge the people of the world according to [a standard of] true justice by the man [i.e., Jesus] whom He has appointed [as Judge, See II Tim. 4:8]. [And] He has given assurance to all people [that He will do this] by raising Jesus from the dead."
2 Thessalonians 2:2
we request that you people do not become shaken up in your mind, nor alarmed, either by a spirit [i.e., by some prophetic prediction], or by a report, or by a letter supposedly from us, that the day of the Lord [i.e., when Jesus returns] has already come.
2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless person [See verse 3] will be revealed, the one whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the brilliant appearance of His presence [i.e., at His second coming].
Hebrews 9:28
so Christ also, who was once [for all] offered [as a sacrifice] to take away the sins of many people, will come back a second time, not to take away sin, [but] to provide salvation to those who are waiting for Him.
Revelation 1:7
Look, He [i.e., Jesus] is coming with [i.e., "on"] the clouds! And [then] every eye will see Him, including those who pierced Him, and all the peoples of the earth will grieve because of Him [i.e., because of how they had treated Him]. So it will be. May it be so.
Revelation 19:11-16
Then I saw heaven open, and there before me was a white horse whose rider was called "Faithful and True." And He [i.e., Christ] judges and wages war in a just way.