Acts 3:18
But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
Cross-references
Acts 26:23 adds that Christ's suffering and resurrection bring light to Jews and Gentiles — expanding on the same prophecy fulfillment.
In Acts 26:22, Paul says he only declares what the prophets foretold — that Christ must suffer, directly echoing Peter's statement.
In Acts 17:3, Paul explicitly teaches that Christ had to suffer and rise — the very same prophecy-fulfillment claim Peter makes here.
Acts 7:52 recalls that prophets foretold the coming of the Just One, whom their hearers betrayed — a direct parallel to Acts 3:18's claim of prophetic suffering announced.
Acts 4:28 declares that all was done according to God's predetermined plan, directly echoing Acts 3:18's theme of divinely foretold suffering.
Acts 2:23 emphasizes God's determinate counsel in Christ's crucifixion, reinforcing Acts 3:18's point that this suffering was divinely foreordained.
In 1 Peter 1:11, the Spirit of Christ in the prophets testified beforehand of Christ's sufferings, matching the claim in Acts 3:18.
In Genesis 3:15, the first prophecy of a savior who would be bruised (suffer) is given, fulfilling the pattern of suffering foretold in Acts 3:18.
In 1 Peter 1:10, the prophets who foretold grace searched diligently into their own prophecies, directly illustrating the foretelling mentioned in Acts 3:18.
In 1 Corinthians 15:3, Paul states Christ died for sins according to the Scriptures — directly echoing Peter's claim that prophets foretold the suffering.
In Luke 24:44, Jesus says everything written about him in the Law, Prophets, and Psalms must be fulfilled — the same body of prophecy Peter references.
Luke 24:27 shows Jesus interpreting all the Scriptures about himself — confirming that the prophets spoke of his suffering and glory.
In Luke 24:26, Jesus himself says it was necessary for the Christ to suffer — the very necessity Peter cites from the prophets.
Zechariah 13:7 foretells the shepherd being struck, a clear prophecy of Christ's suffering that Acts 3:18 says the prophets announced.
In Daniel 9:26, the anointed one is cut off and has nothing—a prophecy of Messiah's death, matching the suffering foretold in Acts 3:18.
In Isaiah 53, the suffering servant is pierced, crushed, and bears sins—the clearest OT prophecy of Christ's suffering, fulfilling Acts 3:18.
In Isaiah 50:6, the servant offers his back to strikers and cheeks to plucking—a direct prophecy of Christ's suffering, as Acts 3:18 references.
In Psalm 69, the psalmist foretells being given vinegar and reproach—events applied to Christ's suffering, fulfilling what Acts 3:18 says prophets predicted.
In Psalm 22, David vividly describes crucifixion details (pierced hands, mocking), a specific prophecy of the suffering Christ endured, as Acts 3:18 states.
In 1 Corinthians 15:4, Paul confirms Christ's burial and resurrection according to the Scriptures, echoing the fulfillment theme of Acts 3:18.