Acts 3:20

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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.

KJV

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

ASV

and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, [even] Jesus:

BBE

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

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And see now how he advances. In his first sermon, he but slightly hinted at the resurrection, and Christ's sitting in heaven; but here he also speaks of His visible advent. "And He shall send Jesus the Christ ordained (for you), Whom the heaven must (i.e. must of necessity) receive, until the times of the restitution of all things." The reason why He does not now come is clear. "Which God hath spoken," he continues, "by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began."
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts
Then to prove that Christ is the cause of the days of refreshing, he says, "And He shall send Jesus Christ, which before was for you ordained." He said not, "That your sin may be blotted out," but, "your sins;" for he hints at that sin also. "He shall send." And whence? "Whom the heaven must receive." Still "receive?" And why not simply, Whom the heaven hath received? This, as if discoursing of old times: so, he says, it is divinely ordered, so it is settled: not a word yet of His eternal subsistence.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 19–21

The absolute necessity of repentance is to be solemnly charged upon the consciences of all who desire that their sins may be blotted out, and that they may share in the refreshment which nothing but a sense of Christ's pardoning love can afford. Blessed are those who have felt this. It was not needful for the Holy Spirit to make known the times and seasons of these dispensations. These subjects are still left obscure. But when sinners are convinced of their sins, they will cry to the Lord for pardon; and to the penitent, converted, and believing, times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord. In a state of trial and probation, the glorified Redeemer will be out of sight, because we must live by faith in him.

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