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Repent therefore (metanoēsate oun). Peter repeats to this new crowd the command made in Act 2:38 which see. God’s purpose and patience call for instant change of attitude on their part. Their guilt does not shut them out if they will turn.
And turn again (kai epistrepsate). Definitely turn to God in conduct as well as in mind.
That your sins may be blotted out (pros to exaliphthēnai humōn tas hamartias). Articular infinitive (first aorist passive of exaleiphō, to wipe out, rub off, erase, smear out, old verb, but in the N.T. only here and Col 2:14) with the accusative of general reference and with pros and the accusative to express purpose.
That so (hopōs an). Final particle with an and the aorist active subjunctive elthōsin (come) and not “when” as the Authorized Version has it. Some editors put this clause in Act 3:20(Westcott and Hort, for instance).
Seasons of refreshing (kairoi anapsuxeōs). The word anapsuxis (from anapsuchō, to cool again or refresh, 2Ti 1:16) is a late word (lxx) and occurs here alone in the N.T. Surely repentance will bring “seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.”