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# Connecting Statement:
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Peter continues his speech that he began in [Acts 3:12 ](./11.md ) to the Jews who stood in the temple area.
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# General Information:
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In verses 22-23 Peter quotes something Moses told before the Messiah came.
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# He is the One heaven must receive
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"He is the One heaven must welcome." Peter speaks of heaven as if it were a person who welcomes Jesus into his home. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# heaven must receive until
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This means that it is necessary for Jesus to remain in heaven because that is what God has planned.
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# until the time of the restoration of all things
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Possible meanings are 1) "until the time when God will restore all things" or 2) "until the time when God will fulfill everything that he foretold."
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# about which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets
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When the prophets spoke long ago, it was as if God himself was speaking because he told them what to say. AT: "about which things God spoke long ago by telling his holy prophets to speak about them"
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# the mouth of his holy prophets
Here the word "mouth" refers to the words that the prophets spoke and wrote down. AT: "the words of his holy prophets" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# will raise up a prophet
"will appoint a prophet"
# that prophet will be completely destroyed
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "that prophet, God will completely destroy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/receive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/restore]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/moses]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/raise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
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