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Allusion
Later text
Acts 3:12-13BSB
And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: "Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
Earlier text
At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
Earlier text
and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham."
Earlier text
Exodus 3:6BSB
Then He said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Earlier text
Exodus 3:15BSB
God also told Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
When the crowd marvels at the healed man, Peter deflects all credit from himself: “Why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus” (Acts 3:12-13). The move recalls Elijah at Carmel, who prayed, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel... let it be known today that You are God in Israel” — so that the wonder would turn the people from the human agent to the LORD Himself (1 Kings 18:36). In both scenes a public sign is given not to exalt the servant but to vindicate the covenant God before His people and summon them to repentance. Peter’s escalation is that the God of the fathers has now “glorified His servant Jesus,” identifying the Servant of Isaiah with the crucified and risen One. The healing is a finger pointing past the apostle to the God who acts, and past the sign to the Name in which alone there is salvation.