Acts 3:20

New Living Translation

Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send Jesus, who has been appointed for you as the Messiah.

King James Version (1611)
And hee shall send Iesus Christ, which before was preached vnto you.

King James Version
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

English Standard Version
that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,

New American Standard Bible
and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

New Century Version
And he will send Jesus, the One he chose to be the Christ.

Amplified Bible
and that He may send [to you] Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

Legacy Standard Bible
and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

Berean Standard Bible
that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.

Contemporary English Version
Then that time will come when the Lord will give you fresh strength. He will send you Jesus, his chosen Messiah.

Complete Jewish Bible
so that times of refreshing may come from the Lord's presence; and he may send the Messiah appointed in advance for you, that is, Yeshua.

Darby Translation
and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord will give you times of spiritual rest. He will send you Jesus, the one he chose to be the Messiah.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he shall sende Iesus Christ, which before was preached vnto you,

George Lamsa Translation
And he shall send to you One who has been prepared for you, even Jesus Christ;

Good News Translation
times of spiritual strength will come from the Lord, and he will send Jesus, who is the Messiah he has already chosen for you.

Lexham English Bible
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and he may send the Christ appointed for you—Jesus,

Literal Translation
and that He may send forth the One before proclaimed to you, Jesus Christ,

American Standard Version
and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:

Bible in Basic English
And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:

Hebrew Names Version
and that he may send Messiah Yeshua, who was ordained for you before,

International Standard Version
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and so that he may send you Jesus, the Christ[fn] whom he appointed long ago.

Etheridge Translation
and he may send to you Him whom he hath ordained for you, Jeshu Meshiha,

Murdock Translation
and times of rest may come to you from before the face of the Lord; and he may send to you him, who was made ready for you, Jesus the Messiah:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he shall sende Iesus Christ, which before was preached vnto you.

English Revised Version
and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:

World English Bible
and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he may send to you Jesus Christ,

Weymouth's New Testament
and that He may send the Christ appointed beforehand for you--even Jesus.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that whanne the tymes of refresching schulen come from the siyt of the Lord, and he schal sende thilke Jhesu Crist,

Update Bible Version
so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ who has been appointed for you, [even] Jesus:

Webster's Bible Translation
And he will send Jesus Christ, who before was preached to you:

New English Translation
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 King James Version
and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, [fn]

New Life Bible
He will send Jesus back to the world. He is the Christ Who long ago was chosen for you.

New Revised Standard
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah appointed for you, that is, Jesus,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he may send forth him who had been fore-appointed for you - Christ Jesus:

Douay-Rheims Bible
That when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send him who hath been preached unto you, Jesus Christ.

Revised Standard Version
and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and when God shall sende him which before was preached vnto you that is to wit Iesus Christ

Young's Literal Translation
and He may send Jesus Christ who before hath been preached to you,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and whan he shal sende him, which now before is preached vnto you, euen Iesus Christ:

Mace New Testament (1729)
who has been beforehand prepar'd thereto,

Simplified Cowboy Version
A time is comin' fast where you will get your second wind in the presence of the Lord, and God is going to send him back to gather all his cowboys up and take them home with him.

Contextual Overview

¹² Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. "People of Israel," he said, "what is so surprising about this? And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness? ¹³ For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all our ancestors—who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate's decision to release him. ¹⁴ You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer. ¹⁵ You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact! ¹⁶ "Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed—and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus' name has healed him before your very eyes. ¹⁷ "Friends, I realize that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was done in ignorance. ¹⁸ But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah—that he must suffer these things. ¹⁹ Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. ²⁰ Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah. ²¹ For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 17:31, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 24:3, Matthew 24:30-36, Mark 13:26, Mark 13:30-37, Luke 19:11, Luke 21:27, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Hebrews 9:28, Revelation 1:7, Revelation 19:11-16

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:22 - I say Acts 3:26 - sent Acts 8:35 - preached Colossians 1:28 - Whom

Cross-References

Genesis 2:20
He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.

Genesis 2:23
"At last!" the man exclaimed. "This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,' because she was taken from ‘man.'"

Genesis 5:29
Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, "May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed."

Genesis 16:11
And the angel also said, "You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears'), for the Lord has heard your cry of distress.

Genesis 35:18
Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni (which means "son of my sorrow"). The baby's father, however, called him Benjamin (which means "son of my right hand").

Exodus 2:10
Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses, for she explained, "I lifted him out of the water."

1 Samuel 1:20
and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, "I asked the Lord for him."

Matthew 1:21
And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

Matthew 1:23
"Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.'"

Acts 17:26
From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall send Jesus Christ,.... Or "that he may send Jesus Christ", as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it: not in person, for this regards neither his first, nor his second coming, both which might be terrible to the awakened Jews; the former, because he had been sent, and was come, and was gone again; and therefore might fear there was no hope for them, who had denied him, and crucified him; the latter, because they might conclude he would be sent, and come to take vengeance on them, when they should look upon him whom they had pierced with horror and trembling; but here it regards his being sent, and his coming in the ministration of the word, and by his Spirit, to the comfort of their souls:

which before was preached unto you; in the writings of the Old Testament, in the books of Moses, and of the Prophets, Acts 3:22 or, as it is read in the Alexandrian copy, and in other copies, and in the Complutensian edition, and in the Syriac and Arabic versions, who was "predetermined" or "prepared for you"; that is, in the purposes, council, and covenant of God. The Ethiopic version reads, "whom he before anointed"; to be prophet, priest, and King; and from each of these considerations much comfort might be drawn by sensible sinners.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he shall send ... - Acts 1:1 l. Under this economy of things, he shall send Jesus Christ, that is, the Messiah, to teach people; to redeem them; to save them; to judge the world; to gather his people to himself; and to condemn the wicked. Under this economy they were then. This, therefore, was an argument why they should repent and turn to God, that they might escape in the day of judgment.

Which before was preached ... - Who has been proclaimed as the Messiah. The name “Jesus Christ” is equivalent here to “the Messiah.” The Messiah had been proclaimed to the Jews as about to come. In his time was to be the period of refreshing. He had come; and they were under the economy in which the blessings of the Messiah were to be enjoyed. This does not refer to his personal ministry, or to the preaching of the apostles, but to the fact that the Messiah had been a long time announced to them by the prophets as about to come. All the prophets had preached him as the hope of the nation. It may be remarked, however, that there is here a difference in the manuscripts. A large majority of them read προκεχειρισμενον prokecheirismenon, who was designated or appointed, instead of who was preached. This reading is approved by Griesbach, Knapp, Bengel, etc. It was followed in the ancient Syriac, the Arabic, etc., and is undoubtedly the true reading.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 3:20. Which before was preached unto you — Instead of προκεκηρυγμενον, before preached, ABCDE, fifty-three others, both the Syriac, all the Arabic, the Armenian, Chrysostom, and others, have προκεχειρισμενον, who was before designed, or appointed; and this is without doubt the true reading. Christ crucified was the person whom God had from the beginning appointed or designed for the Jewish people. It was not a triumphant Messiah which they were to expect; but one who was to suffer and die. Jesus was this person; and by believing in him, as thus suffering and dying for their sins, he should be again sent, in the power of his Spirit, to justify and save them.