Acts 3:19

“Repent ye therefore, etc.] The Ethiopic version adds, “and be baptized”, (See Gill on “<440238>Acts 2:38”), and be converted. The apostle’s sense is, repent of the sin of crucifying Christ, which is what he had been charging them with, and turn unto him, and acknowledge him as the Messiah; receive his doctrines, and submit to his ordinances; externally reform in life and conversation, and bring forth fruits meet for repentance, such as will show it to be true and genuine: that your sins may be blotted out; or forgiven, (see <195109>Psalm 51:9) (<234325>Isaiah 43:25, 44:22). Not that repentance and reformation procure the pardon of sin, or are the causes of it, for forgiveness is entirely…”

“when the times of refreshing shall come--rather, "in order that the times of refreshing may come"; that long period of repose, prosperity and joy, which all the prophets hold forth to the distracted Church and this miserable world, as eventually to come, and which is here, as in all the prophets, made to turn upon the national conversion of Israel.”

“Repent ye - See the notes on Matthew 3:2. Therefore - Because of your sin in putting Jesus to death, and “because” he is the Messiah, and God through him is willing to show mercy to the chief of sinners. And be converted - This expression conveys an idea not at all to be found in the original. It conveys the idea of “passivity,” be “converted,” as if they were to yield to some foreign influence I that they were now resisting. But the idea of being “passive” in this is not conveyed by the original word. The word means properly to “turn; to return to a path from which one has gone astray; and then to turn away from sins, or to forsake them.” It is a word used in a general sense to denote “the…”

“Be converted - Be turned from sin and Satan unto God. See Act 26:20. But this term, so common in modern writings, very rarely occurs in Scripture: perhaps not once in the sense we now use it, for an entire change from vice to holiness. That the times of refreshing - Wherein God largely bestows his refreshing grace, may come - To you also. To others they will assuredly come, whether ye repent or no. Acts 3:20”

“3:19-21 The message of Good News offers refreshment (see Matt 11:28-29). The second coming of Christ will be one of those times of refreshment from God, when he will again send . . . Jesus to his people. 3:19 The Good News of forgiveness is more fully explained elsewhere (see 5:30-32; 10:36-43; 13:26-38; Luke 24:25-27, 45-47).”

“Repent: Act 2:38, Act 11:18; Ti2 2:25 be: Act 11:21, Act 15:3, Act 26:18-20, Act 28:27; Psa 51:13; Isa 1:16-20, Isa 6:10, Isa 55:6, Isa 55:7; Jer 31:18-20; Lam 3:40, Lam 5:21; Eze 18:30-32; Dan 9:13; Hos 14:2; Joe 2:13; Mat 13:15, Mat 18:3; Luk 1:16; Jam 4:7-10, Jam 5:19, Jam 5:20; Pe1 2:25 that: Deu 4:29-31; Kg1 8:48-50; Psa 32:1-5, Psa 51:1-3, Psa 51:9, Psa 103:12; Isa 1:16-18; Isa 43:25, Isa 44:22; Jer 31:33, Jer 31:34, Jer 50:20; Mic 7:18, Mic 7:19; Rev 21:4 when: Act 3:21, Act 1:6, Act 17:26; Psa 72:6-19, Psa 98:1-9; Isa 2:1-3, Isa 49:10-22, Isa 51:11; Isa 52:1-10, Isa 54:1-14, 60:1-22, Isa 61:3, Isa 61:9-11, Isa 62:1-5, Isa 65:17-25; Isa 66:10-14, Isa 66:18-22; Jer 31:22-26, Jer…”