Verse 35: “But in every nation the ones who fear Him and who do righteousness are received to Him.”

The ones who fear Him:, God is looking for people in every nation that fear Him, give Him priority.

Do righteousness: Peter is not talking here about works of righteousness. Righteousness is connected to the will of God and to the Kingdom of God. When people have a priority for God, and want to participate in the will of God and being part of the Kingdom of God, God is going to move. He is looking for such people.

Note: We are not saved by fearing God and doing righteous deeds. But we are saved by receiving the forgiveness of sin through His name (see 10v43). We are only saved by calling on His name.

Verse 36: “And therefore this Word was sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace that through Yeshua, the Messiah, this One is the L-rd of all.”

The good news: God gave Israel the gospel message –a message of reconciliation or peace.

Peace: Peace has to do with reconciliation and with the purposes of God.

L-rd of all: Yeshua is not simply the Jewish Messiah alone. He is the Messiah who entered this world as a Jew, but He is the L-rd of all.

Note: Jonah was also in Jaffa when God commanded him to take the message to the Ninevites/Gentiles. Jonah did not want to go. Peter was also commissioned from this same city, but, unlike Jonah, Peter went willingly to the Gentiles he was called to.

Verse 37: “For you know that happened the word throughout all of Judea. It began from Galilee, and after the baptism of the one, called John. Who proclaimed”

The word: The message of Messiah went through all the area of Judea.

Verse 38: “Yeshua from Nazareth as the One who God anointed with the Holy Spirit and power, who passed through doing good (works) and healing all the ones who are afflicted by the devil. For God was with Him.”

Holy Spirit: Whenever the Holy Spirit is mentioned in the Bible we need to always see Him in the context of redemption (Isaiah 59v20-21). There is always a connection between redemption and the work of the Holy Spirit.

The ones who are afflicted: Peter puts this statement in the present tense because Messiah is still doing this. The same anointing that was upon Yeshua is available to us by means of the Holy Spirit. Likewise, we can have victory over unclean spirits and set free those who are afflicted.

God was with Him: God’s work of redemption was through him.

Verse 39: “We are witnesses of these things which he did in the land of Judea and in Jerusalem.

Whom they killed and whom they hung upon the tree.”

Whom they killed: Messiah was rejected, and His work was not received by Israel.

Verse 40: “This One God raised on the third day and gave Him to be manifest”

This One God raised: God the Father raised Yeshua from the dead. In no way does this lessen the power and the divinity of Yeshua, but it emphasizes His submissiveness, trust, and absolute confidence in His Heavenly Father.

Verse 41: “Not to all the people but rather to the witnesses that God had hand-picked beforehand – of us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.”

Not to all the people: The manifestation of the resurrection of Messiah was not given to all the people but was given to witnesses.

Hand-picked beforehand: There was a calling/selection by God of the witnesses who were going to take this message. They had been witnesses of His resurrection, as they ate and drank with Him (Had fellowship with Him) after his death and resurrection. They were the ones who coul attest to the resurrection better than anyone else.