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Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Colonnade

Acts 3:25

In 9 translations

BSB
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’Genesis 22:18
KJV
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
WEB
You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’or, seed
ASV
Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
LSV
You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in your Seed will all the families of the earth be blessed;
YLT
'Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;
DBY
Ye are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.Elohim
DRC
You are the children of the prophets, and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
GNV
Ye are the children of the Prophets, and of the couenant, which God hath made vnto our fathers, saying to Abraham, Euen in thy seede shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὑμῶν (“of you”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἡμῶν (“of us”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text, Greek reading followed by the King James Version include ἐν (“in”); Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐνευλογηθήσονται (“will be blessed”); Westcott–Hort read εὐλογηθήσονται (“will bless”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include οἱ (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • Word order: Westcott–Hort place διέθετο elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of Ἀβραάμ: Tyndale House: Ἁβραάμ.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: οἱ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οἱ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
  • SBLGNT: διέθετο ὁ θεὸς. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read διέθετο ὁ θεὸς; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ὁ θεὸς διέθετο.
  • SBLGNT: ὑμῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμῶν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἡμῶν.
  • SBLGNT: ἐνευλογηθήσονται. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐνευλογηθήσονται; Westcott and Hort (1881) read εὐλογηθήσονται.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῆς διαθήκης ἧς διέθετο ὁ θεὸς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν, λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ· Καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου ἐνευλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς.
RP2018
Ὑμεῖς ἐστε υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν, καὶ τῆς διαθήκης ἧς διέθετο ὁ θεὸς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ, Καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου ἐνευλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς.
TR-Boyd
Ὑμεῖς ἐστε υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν, καὶ τῆς διαθήκης ἧς διέθετο ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ, Καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου ἐνευλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς.
SCR1894
υμεις εστε υιοι των προφητων και της διαθηκης ης διεθετο ο θεος προς τους πατερας ημων λεγων προς αβρααμ και τω σπερματι σου ενευλογηθησονται πασαι αι πατριαι της γης

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
  • Galatians 3:8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
  • Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
  • 1 Chronicles 16:17He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
  • Romans 9:4–5the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the…
  • Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
  • Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
  • Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
  • Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
  • Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in…
  • Genesis 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
  • Nehemiah 9:8You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants.…
  • Psalms 105:8–15He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting…
  • Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
  • Genesis 20:7Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
  • Genesis 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

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