Acts 13:39 - Exposition

Every one that believeth is for all that believe are, A.V. Here, then, is the great gospel message of grace, "the gospel of the grace of God," as St. Paul speaks in Acts 20:24 ; the proclamation, consequent upon the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, of a free and full forgiveness of sins to all that repent and believe the gospel ( Acts 20:21 ); see Acts 2:38 ; Acts 3:19 ; Acts 4:12 ; Acts 5:31 ; Colossians 1:14 , etc., and Matthew 1:21 ; Luke 1:77 . Note, too, how adroitly the apostle points out the superiority of the gospel which he was preaching to them over the Law, and the pre-eminence of Christ over Moses.