From this man’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,
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From this man’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,
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Of this manes seed hath God (accordinge to his promes) brought forth to the people of Israel a saviour one Iesus
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Of this mans seede hath God according to his promise raised vp to Israel, ye Sauiour Iesus:
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- Matthew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- Psalms 132:11 Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
- Revelation 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
- Acts 13:32 We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,
- Titus 3:3-6 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;
- Jude 1:25 to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
- 2 Samuel 7:12 When your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Psalms 89:35-37 Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David. His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.”
- Isaiah 11:1 A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
- Isaiah 11:10 It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
- Jeremiah 23:5-6 “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
- Jeremiah 33:15-17 “In those days and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David. He will execute justice and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely. This is the name by which she will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.” For Yahweh says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.
- John 7:42 Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
- Romans 1:3 concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,
- Titus 2:10-14 not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age; looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
- 2 Peter 3:2 that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
- Isaiah 7:13 He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?
- Isaiah 43:11 I myself am Yahweh. Besides me, there is no savior.
- Isaiah 45:21 Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.
- Amos 9:11 In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
- Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Matthew 1:21 She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
- Matthew 21:9 The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
- Matthew 22:42 saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”
- Luke 1:31-33 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’ He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”
- Luke 1:69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
- Luke 2:10-11 The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people. For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
- John 4:42 They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
- Acts 2:30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
- Acts 2:32-36 This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear. For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” ’ “Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
- Acts 3:26 God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”
- Acts 4:12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
- Acts 5:30-31 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree. God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
- Romans 11:26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
- Titus 1:4 to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
- 2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
- 2 Peter 1:11 For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
- 2 Peter 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
- 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
- 1 John 4:14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 23. According to promise. This clause doth also prove…
23. According to promise. This clause doth also prove that which I have already said elsewhere, that in sending Christ, the Lord had respect only unto his own faithfulness and goodness; for he sent him because he had promised so to do. And as the promise doth testify that salvation was free, so it doth also purchase no small credit to the gospel; because it appeareth by this that Christ came not at a sudden, of whom there was never anything spoken; but that he who was promised from the beginning was now given in his time. But the promises which Luke here toucheth by the way are famous and well known. And they were so common among the Jews, that they called Christ commonly by no other name but the Son of David, (Matthew 22:42; Matthew 15:22.) He saith that Jesus was raised up to Israel; because, though salvation belong to the whole world, yet was he first a minister of circumcision to fulfill the promises made to the fathers, (Romans 15:8.) He translated the Hebrew name Jesus into σωτηρ in Greek. So that he uttered one thing twice, and yet here is no superfluous repetition; because he meant to declare that Christ is indeed and doth perform that which the name given him by God, by the voice of the angel, doth import.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He proveth by the witness of John, that Jesus…
He proveth by the witness of John, that Jesus is that Savior which should come of David.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to…
23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
Ver. 23. A Saviour, Jesus] The Greek word here rendered Saviour is so emphatic, that other tongues can hardly find a fit word to express it, as Cicero noteth. Sotera inscriptum vidi Syracusis. Hoc quantum est? Ita magnum ut Latino nno verbo exprimi non possit.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Christ was the Son of David, and so frequently…
Christ was the Son of David, and so frequently called, Mat 1:1; Luk 18:38,39, with reference unto the promise made, Isa 11:1, spoken of, Act 2:30; Rom 1:3.
Raised unto Israel a Saviour; because he lived amongst the Jews, and salvation was first offered unto them by him, as Act 13:46.
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Jesus; our Saviour’s name is added to show that he truly was according to his name, and what he was said to be, as Mat 1:21.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And as John fulfilled his course,.... Or race, the…
And as John fulfilled his course,.... Or race, the work of the ministry he was called to; as he was preaching and baptizing, which were the race set before him to run, and in which he ran well; he made full proof of his ministry. The life of every Christian is a race, and especially of a minister of the Gospel, and which requires strength, courage, agility, patience, and perseverance; this world is the place in which they run; and this is only the running time; in heaven they will sit down on the throne with Christ; the way in which they run, is the way of their duty, the way of God's commandments; the mark they have in view, which they keep their eye on, and to which they direct their course, is Christ; and glory is the incorruptible crown they run for, and which, when they have finished their course, will be given them by the chief shepherd and righteous judge; see Ti2 4:7 and this is to be understood, not of the end of John's race, or ministry, but rather of the beginning of it; for it was then, he said,
whom think ye that I am? I am not he; that is the Messiah. The apostle seems to refer to Joh 1:19 when the Jews asked him who he was, and he freely declared he was not the Christ; there the question is put by them to him, here by him to them; doubtless the questions were put by both; however the sense is the same, that he was not the Messiah, but he bore testimony to him that was:
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but behold there cometh one after me; meaning Jesus, who was the Messiah, and who when John spoke these words, was coming after him from Galilee to Jordan to be baptized by him, and who in a little while after that came forth in the public ministry of the word: John was to come forth first, and then Jesus after him, because he was the harbinger of the Messiah, whose coming he was to proclaim and prepare men for, and whose person he was to point out; for though he is said to be after him, he was not in any sense inferior to him: John was born into the world before Christ, as man, was born, yet he as the eternal Son of God was before John, was from the beginning, even from eternity; John entered on the office of his ministry before him, but Christ was not below him; as not in the dignity of his person, so neither in the nature and excellency of his office; and John takes care to secure the honour and glory of Christ, and to prevent any low opinion that might be entertained of him from what he had said, by adding,
whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose; suggesting hereby, that he was unworthy to be his servant, to perform the meanest part of service for him that could be thought of; so far was he from assuming any preference to him on account of his being before him, as his forerunner; see Mat 3:11. See Gill on Mat 3:11. See Gill on Joh 1:27.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. Of this man's seed hath God -…
Verse 23. Of this man's seed hath God - raised - a Saviour] That Jesus Christ came in a direct and indisputable line from David, according to both promise and prophecy, may be seen in the notes on Mt 1:1, c., and particularly in the notes at the end of Luke 3. And that the Messiah was promised to come from the family of David, see Isa 11:1-2, and Jer 23:5-6.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Act 13:23-25. Of this man’s seed — From that…
Act 13:23-25. Of this man’s seed — From that rod out of the stem of Jesse, that branch out of his roots; hath God, according to his promise, (Isa 9:6-7; Isa 11:1; Jer 23:5-6,) raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus — So long foretold in the sacred oracles. When John had first preached, before his coming — Greek, προ προσωπου της εισοδου, to introduce his appearance: (so Doddridge:) the baptism of repentance — Even that baptism which, in token of their repentance, they were commanded by God to receive. Of John’s preaching, see the notes on Mat 3:1, &c.; Luk 3:7-17. He mentions the preaching of John in this incidental manner as a thing already known to them. And so, doubtless, it was: for it gave so loud an alarm to the whole Jewish nation, as could not but be heard in foreign countries, at least as remote as Pisidia. As John fulfilled his course — His work was quickly finished, and, therefore, might well be termed, a course, or race: he said, Who think ye that I am? I am not he — I am not the person whom you suppose me to be, that is, the Messiah. See the notes on Joh 1:20; Joh 1:27.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Of this man’s seed - Of his posterity.
Of this man’s seed - Of his posterity.
According to his promise - See the notes on Act 2:30.
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Raised unto Israel - See the notes on Act 2:30.
A Saviour, Jesus - See the notes on Mat 1:21.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Of this man's seed hath God, according to .…
Of this man's seed hath God, according to . . . promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus--The emphasis on this statement lies: (1) in the seed from which Christ sprang--David's--and the promise to that effect, which was thus fulfilled; (2) on the character in which this promised Christ was given of God--"a SAVIOUR." His personal name "JESUS" is emphatically added, as designed to express that very character. (See on Mat 1:21).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. Of this man’s seed—In this verse, which may…
23. Of this man’s seed—In this verse, which may have been uttered before the Gospels were written, it is remarkable that Paul gives his attestation beforehand to the truth of the genealogies which trace the time of Jesus up to the royal David, thus making Jesus a human prince and legal heir to the throne of Palestine.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. Of this man’s seed hath God according to…
23. Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus] The word “his” has no place in the Greek text, and the oldest MSS. for “raised” read “brought.”
The promise alluded to here is preserved for us in Psa_132:11, “Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy seat,” and in many other similar declarations in the prophets. Cp. Zec_3:8-9.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) Raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus.—It is, of…
(23) Raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus.—It is, of course, probable that the names of Jesus and of John were not utterly unknown, even in those remote regions of Pisidia. No Jew could have gone up to keep a feast at Jerusalem for some years past without having heard something of the one or of the other. St. Paul’s tone is clearly that of one who assumes that their story is already vaguely known, and who comes to offer knowledge of greater clearness.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Promise for his promise, A.V.; brought for raised, A.V.…
Promise for his promise, A.V.; brought for raised, A.V. and T.R.. (comp. Isa_48:15; Heb_1:6) This verse leads to the great announcement which Paul had to make of the next great step in God"s dealings with Israel, for which the proceding ones of the redemption from Egyptian bondage, and the kingdom of David, were preparatory, viz. the actual coming of the Son of David, the Messiah, to save his people Israel.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 23. Of this man's seed, … according to his…
23. Of this man's seed, … according to his promise. For the promise of a Savior of David's seed, see 2 Sam. 7:12; Isa. 11:1; Zech. 3:8; 6:12.
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William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain 23-25. John the Baptist, the greatest of the prophets,…
23-25. John the Baptist, the greatest of the prophets, disclaimed the Messiahship and testified to the Christhood of Jesus.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes one verse 17
See notes one verse 17
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain (See Scofield "Rom 1:16").
Saviour
(See Scofield "Rom 1:16").
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain The promise of the Messiah:
The promise of the Messiah:
v. 23. Of this man’s seed hath God according to His promise raised unto Israel a Savior, Jesus;
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v. 24. when John had first preached before His coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel
v. 25. And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not He. But, behold, there cometh One after me whose shoes of His feet I am not worthy to loose.
With the mention of David, the great hero of Jewish history, Paul had opened the way to his main theme, the promise, the appearance, and the work of David’s promised Son. It was no longer necessary for the Jews or for any other nation in the world to look forward to the Messiah’s coming, since God had, according to His promise 2Sa 7:12, brought to Israel, out of the offspring of David, Jesus, the Savior. And this event had received further confirmation by the fact that John, in preparation for His coming, before the face of His entering in, had preached a baptism of repentance to the entire people of Israel. John’s was also a baptism of repentance; by coming to the baptism of John, the sinner made a public acknowledgment of the fact that he was a sinner, and that he sought remission of sins by the water of Baptism. And as John was fulfilling his course, near the end of his career as preacher of repentance, he had publicly testified in favor of Christ: Whom do you suppose me to be? I am not He; but He comes after me whose sandals I am not worthy to bear, Mat 3:11; Mar 1:7; Luk 3:16; Joh 1:19-27.
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General Information:
The quotation here is from the Gospels.
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From this man's descendants
"From David's descendants." This is placed at the beginning of the sentence to emphasize that the savior had to be one of David's descendants. (See: Acts 13:22)
brought to Israel
This refers to the people of Israel. AT: "gave to the people of Israel" (See: Metonymy)
as he promised to do
"just as God promised he would do"
the baptism of repentance
You can translate the word "repentance" as the verb "repent." AT: "the baptism to repent" or "the baptism that people requested when they wanted to repent for their sin" (See: Abstract Nouns)
Who do you think I am?
John asked this question to compel the people to think about who he was. AT: "Think about who I am" (See: Rhetorical Question)
I am not the one
John was referring to the Messiah, whom they were expecting to come. AT: "I am not the Messiah" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
But listen
This emphasizes the importance of what he will say next.
one is coming after me
This also refers to the Messiah. AT: "The Messiah will soon come" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to untie
"I am not worthy even to untie his shoes." The Messiah is so much greater than John that he did not even feel worthy do the lowest job for him.
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Israel
Savior
Jesus
John (the Baptist)
baptize
repent
works
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 13:23-25 Paul here moved to the theme of his…
13:23-25 Paul here moved to the theme of his message: Jesus, one of David’s descendants, was God’s promised Savior of Israel. The Messiah’s way had been prepared by John the Baptist, who insisted that Israel needed to repent . . . and turn to God and be baptized. John was a humble servant who simply cleared the ground for the one whose coming he announced.
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