Acts 3:18

“But those things which God before had showed, etc.] In the Scriptures of the Old Testament, concerning the betraying of the Messiah, and his sufferings and death, with the various causes, concomitants, and circumstances of them: by the mouths of all his prophets; which were since the world began; some pointing out one thing or circumstance, and some another: that Christ should suffer. The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, “that his Christ should suffer”; but then they leave out the word “his” in the preceding clause, which they put into this; and this entire clause is omitted in the Alexandrian copy: he hath so fulfilled; in the manner he has, so exactly, so perfectly agreeable to the…”

“that Christ--The best manuscripts read, "that His Christ." should suffer--The doctrine of a SUFFERING MESSIAH was totally at variance with the current views of the Jewish Church, and hard to digest even by the Twelve, up to the day of their Lord's resurrection. Our preacher himself revolted at it, and protested against it, when first nakedly announced, for which he received a terrible rebuke. Here he affirms it to be the fundamental truth of ancient prophecy realized unwittingly by the Jews themselves, yet by a glorious divine ordination. How great a change had the Pentecostal illumination wrought upon his views!”

“But those things - To wit, those things that did actually occur, pertaining to the life and death of the Messiah. Had showed - Had announced, or foretold. By the mouth of all his prophets - That is, by the prophets in general, without affirming that each individual prophet had uttered a distinct prediction respecting this. The prophets “taken together,” or the prophecies “as a whole,” had declared this. The word “all” is not infrequently used in this somewhat limited sense, Mark 1:37; John 3:26. In regard to the prophecies respecting Christ, see the notes on Luke 24:27. Hath so fulfilled - He has caused to be fulfilled in this manner; that is, by the rejection, the denial, and the wickedness…”

“But God - Who was not ignorant, permitted this which he had foretold, to bring good out of it. Acts 3:19”

“those: Act 17:2, Act 17:3, Act 26:22, Act 26:23, Act 28:23; Luk 24:26, Luk 24:27, Luk 24:44; Co1 15:3, Co1 15:4; Pe1 1:10, Pe1 1:11; Rev 19:10 all: Gen 3:15; Psa. 22:1-30, 69:1-36; Isa 50:6, Isa 53:1-12; Dan 9:26; Zac 12:10; Zac 13:7 Acts 3:19”