The commentaries of M. John Calvin upon the Acts of the Apostles, faithfully translated…The commentaries of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the Actes of the Apostles, faithfully translated…

23 According to promise. This clause doth also prove that which I have already said elsewhere, that in sending Christ, the Lord had respect only unto his own faithfulness and goodness. For he sent him because he had promised so to do. And as the promise doth testify that salvation was free, so it doeth also purchase no small credit to the Gospel: because it appeareth by this that Christ came not at a sudden, of whom there was never any thing spoken: but that he who was promised from the beginning, was now given in his time. But the promises which Luke here toucheth by the way, are famous and well known. And they were so common among the Jews, that they called Christ commonly, by no other name, but the son of David. He saith that Jesus was raised up to Israel, because though salvation belong to all the whole world,¹ yet was he first a minister of circumcision to fulfil the promises made to the fathers. He translateth the Hebrew name Jesus into soter in Greek. So that he uttered one thing twice: and yet here is no superfluous repetition: because he meant to declare that Christ is in deed and doeth perform that which the name given him by God by the voice of the Angel, doth import.

23 According to promise. This clause doth also proue that whiche I haue alreadie said elswhere, that in sending Christ, the Lorde had respect only vnto his owne faithfulnesse and goodnesse. For hee sent him because he had promised so to doe. And as the promise doth testifie that saluation was free, so it doeth also purchase no small credite to the Gospel: because it appeareth by this that Christ came not at a sodaine, of whom there was neuer any thing spoken: but that he who was promised from the beginning, was now giuen in his time. But the promises which Luke here toucheth by the way, are famous and well knowen. And they were so cōmon among the Iewes, that they called Christ commonly, by no other name, but the sonne of Dauid. Hee saith that Iesus was raised vp to Israel, because though saluation belong to all the whole world,¹ yet was he first a minister of circumcision to fulfill the promises made to the fathers. He translateth the Hebrew name Iesus into soter in Greeke. So that he vttered one thing twise: and yet here is no superfluous repetition: because he meant to declare that Christe is in deede and doeth performe that which the name giuen him by God by the voice of the Angel, doth import.