Acts 3:20

 

Acts 3:20

(KJV) And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

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

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

(1382 Wycliffe) and when God shall sende him which before was preached vnto you that is to wit Iesus Christ

 

Counterfeit Versions

(1881 RV) and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:

(1901 ASV) and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:

(AMP) And that He may send [to you] the Christ (the Messiah), Who before was designated and appointed for you--even Jesus,

(CEB) Then the Lord will provide a season of relief from the distress of this age and he will send Jesus, whom he handpicked to be your Christ.

(CEV) Then that time will come when the Lord will give you fresh strength. He will send you Jesus, his chosen Messiah.

(CSB) 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.

(ESV) that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,

(GNB) times of spiritual strength will come from the Lord, and he will send Jesus, who is the Messiah he has already chosen for you.

(HCSB) and He may send Jesus, who has been appointed Messiah for you.

(THE MESSAGE) Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you, and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus.

(NASV) and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

(NCV) And he will send Jesus, the One he chose to be the Christ.

(NIRV) He will send the Christ. Jesus has been appointed as the Christ for you.

(NIV) and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus.

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

(RSV) and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,

(NAB-Roman Catholic) and that the Lord may grant you times of refreshment and send you the Messiah already appointed for you, Jesus,

(NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) and that he may send forth the Christ appointed for YOU, Jesus,

 

Textus Receptus - Traditional Text

και αποστειλη τον προκεκηρυγμενον υμιν ιησουν χριστον

 

Hort-Westcott - Critical Text

και αποστειλη τον προκεχειρισμενον υμιν χριστον ιησουν

 

Corrupted Manuscripts

This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:

Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century

B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century

C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century

D 05 - Bezae Cantabrigiensis - Fifth century

E 08 - Sixth century

P 025 - Ninth century

 

Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse

Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)

 

Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions

Reads “appointed before hand” instead of “before was preached”

Greisbach, Johann - 1805

Lachmann, Karl - 1842

Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869

Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871

Tregelles, Samuel - 1857

Wordsworth, Christopher - 1856 revised in 1870

Westcott and Hort - 1881

Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941

Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition

Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition

United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition

Hodges and Farstad - Majority Text

 

Affected Teaching

What is in view in the King James Bible is the fact that from Genesis to Malachi, the Lord Jesus Christ had been preached (word in Greek means proclaimed) to the nation of Israel. Peter is not speaking to this crowd by the Temple claiming that Christ was proclaimed to them only a short time ago but the Scarlet Thread runs through the entirety of the Hebrew Scriptures. This is the point that Peter is making, that Israel had 1500 years to identify and receive their Messiah. Since they were very Scripturally ignorant, they could not identify Him and therefore had rejected Him but here Peter is telling them that they can receive Christ as personal Savior. Jesus Christ will come to them, not in person, but in the person of the indwelling Holy Spirit. While it is true that Jesus was the ordained Messiah, what is in view in this verse is the fact that He did not just show up on the scene unexpectedly. Israel had 1500 years of warning and depending upon when the book of Job was written, maybe even longer. (Job 19:25 KJV) For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: It is believed that Job was a contemporary with the time of Abraham. If that was the case, then Israel had a pre-Pentateuch writing which mentioned the fact that the Redeemer would live on the earth in the latter days. The modern versions omit these great truths by just pointing to the fact that Christ was the ordained Messiah but not pointing to the fact that He was possibly prophesied for two thousand years, fifteen hundred for sure.

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