What covenant was Peter referring to in Acts 3:25?
Peter referred to the Abrahamic covenant—the covenant God made with the fathers when He spoke to Abraham. In Acts 3:25 Peter claims nothing more than the promises of that covenant, identifying his hearers as children of the prophets and of that covenant.
Les explains that in Acts 3:25 Peter quotes the covenant God made with the fathers when He said unto Abraham. Peter is still claiming nothing more than the promises of this Abrahamic covenant. This follows Peter's announcement in Acts 3:20-21 that if Israel would repent and believe who Jesus really was, God would send Jesus Christ to be their king, and that heaven must receive Him until the times of restitution of all things spoken by the prophets since the age began. Peter identifies his hearers as children of the prophets and of that covenant.
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.
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What covenant made with the fathers is Peter referring to in Acts 3:25?
The covenant God made with the fathers that Peter refers to is the promise spoken to Abraham, "in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed."
Who was Peter addressing in Acts 3:25 when he spoke of the children of the prophets and the covenant?
Peter's words in Acts 3:25 were directed to a Jewish audience, telling them they are children of the prophets and share in the covenant God made with Abraham.
In Acts 3:25, who is Peter addressing and why does he call them children of the prophets and of the covenant?
In verse 25, Peter is addressing Jews, telling them they are children of the prophets and of the covenant God made with the fathers, the covenant spoken to Abraham.