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Connecting Statement:
Peter continues the speech that he began in Acts 3:12 to the Jews who stood in the temple area.
He is the One heaven must receive
"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/jit/figs-personification)
heaven must receive until
This means that it is necessary for Jesus to remain in heaven because that is what God has planned.
until the time of the restoration of all things
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."
about which God spoke from ancient times by the mouth of his holy prophets
When the prophets spoke long ago, it was as if God himself was speaking because he told them what to say. Alternate translation: "about which things God spoke long ago by telling his holy prophets to speak about them"
the mouth of his holy prophets
Here the word "mouth" refers to the words that the prophets spoke and wrote down. Alternate translation: "the words of his holy prophets" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)