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This is the end of Moses’s word (Deuteronomy 18:19). The word applies to the crowd that stands
before Peter. Their eternal life or damnation rest upon their acceptance or rejection of Jesus,
the Prophet.

Act 3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have
spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken (not
all prophets wrote Scripture), have likewise foretold of these days.

Samuel was the first prophet and began the school of the prophets. Everyone agrees with Moses,

and this crowd now stands in a place of decision.

Act 3:25 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.

Ye are the children (descendents) 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
(Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:4).

The “seed,” which would bring blessing was not Abraham but the Lord Jesus, the “seed” of
Abraham (Galatians 3:8). The only way to be blessed with the new birth or the infilling of the
Holy Spirit is to be in the seed of Abraham.

Act 3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away

every one of you from his iniquities.

The gospel is to the Jew first (John 1:11; Romans 1:16). However, Jesus came to make salvation
possible so all would have an opportunity to turn from iniquities and receive eternal life.