Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
"whom the heavens must receive until the time of restoration of all things. "God spoke of this ages ago, through the mouth of his holy prophets.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Heaven must welcome
International Standard Version
He must remain in heaven until the time of universal restitution, which God announced long ago through the voice of his holy prophets.
A Conservative Version
whom heaven must indeed receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which God spoke through the mouth of all his holy prophets from the age.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
whom heaven must keep until the time for the [complete] restoration of all things about which God promised through the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.
An Understandable Version
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.
Anderson New Testament
whom heaven must retain, till the time for restoring all things that God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets of ancient times.
Bible in Basic English
Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.
Common New Testament
whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but must reside in heaven, till the time of the restitution of all things, of which God has spoken from the beginning by the mouth of his holy prophets.
Darby Translation
whom heaven indeed must receive till the times of the restoring of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began.
Godbey New Testament
whom it behooves heaven indeed to receive until the times of the restitution of all things which God spoke through the mouth of all his prophets from the beginning.
Goodspeed New Testament
Yet he must remain in heaven till the time for the universal reformation of which God told in ancient times by the lips of his holy prophets.
John Wesley New Testament
who was before appointed, Whom heaven must receive, till the times of the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets.
Julia Smith Translation
Whom heaven must truly receive till time of restoration of all which God spake by the mouth of all his holy prophets from forever.
King James 2000
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Lexham Expanded Bible
whom heaven must receive until the times of the restoration of all [things], about which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times.
Modern King James verseion
whom Heaven truly needs to receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that is, to wit, Jesus Christ: which must receive heaven until the time that all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began, be restored again.
Moffatt New Testament
who must be kept in heaven till the period of the great Restoration. Ages ago God spoke of this by the lips of his holy prophets;
NET Bible
This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.
New Heart English Bible
whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
Noyes New Testament
whom heaven indeed must receive until the times of a restoration of all things; of which times God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from the days of old.
Sawyer New Testament
whom heaven must receive till the times of the restoration of all things of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since the world began.
The Emphasized Bible
Unto whom, indeed, heaven must needs give welcome, until the times of the due establishment of all things, of which God hath spoken through the mouth of his holy age-past prophets.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
whom the heaven indeed must receive, until the times of restoration of all things, which God hath spoken of by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning of the world.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But Heaven must be his home, until the days of the Universal Restoration, of which God has spoken by the lips of his holy Prophets from the very first.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
Heaven must receive Him until those times of which God has spoken from the earliest ages through the lips of His holy Prophets--the times of the reconstitution of all things.
Williams New Testament
Yet heaven must retain Him till the time for the universal restoration of which God in the early ages spoke through the lips of His holy prophets.
World English Bible
whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
Worrell New Testament
Whom Heaven must retain, until the times of restoration of all things of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the beginning.
Worsley New Testament
whom heaven must indeed receive till the times of settling all things, of which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning.
Youngs Literal Translation
whom it behoveth heaven, indeed, to receive till times of a restitution of all things, of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the age.
Themes
Christian ministers » Faithful » Apostles
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Peter and other disciples
Heaven » Christ » As mediator, entered into
Religious zeal » Instances of » Peter
The second coming of Christ » Called the » Times of restitution of all things
Time » Particular periods of, mentioned » The time of restitution of all things
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
Dia
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 3:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Peter Preaches In The Temple
20 "and that he may send Jesus, your appointed Messiah, 21 "whom the heavens must receive until the time of restoration of all things. "God spoke of this ages ago, through the mouth of his holy prophets. 22 "Moses, for example, said: "The Lord your God will raise up a Prophet for you from among your brothers, as he raised up me; you must listen to whatever he may tell you;
Cross References
Luke 1:70
"As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets Which have been since the world began
Acts 1:11
and they said: "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into the sky will come back in just the same way as you have seen him going into the sky."
Matthew 17:11-12
And he answered. "Elijah is coming, and will restore all things.
Mark 9:11-13
So they asked him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"
Acts 3:19
"Repent then! and reform, from the blotting out of your sins, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 10:43
"To him all the prophets bear witness, testifying that through his name every one that believes on him will receive remission of sins."
2 Peter 1:21
For no prophecy was ever brought by the will of man; but moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke for God.
2 Peter 3:2
I want you to recollect the words that were foretold by the holy prophets, and the command of your Lord and Saviour, given you through your apostles.
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, O Heaven! Rejoice, ye saints, apostles, prophets! For God has now avenged you.
Revelation 22:6
Then he said to me. "These words may be trusted, and are true. the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his slaves what must soon take place.