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Act 3:19. Μετανοήσατε οὖν καὶ ἐπιστρέψατε, repent therefore and be converted) Here, and in ch. Act 26:20, repentance is put before conversion; whereas in Jer 31:19, conversion is put before repentance, “Surely after that I was turned (converted), I repented.” Conversion is put first, when there is signified the recovery of a man from sin and the return to his right mind [senses, Luk 15:17]: it is put after repentance, when there is signified in the person repenting the applying of himself to GOD.-εἰς τὸ ἐξαλειφθῆναι, that your sins may be blotted out) The allusion is to the water of baptism.-τὰς ἁμαρτίας, your sins) even that sin which ye perpetrated against Jesus,-ὅπως ἂν, that) [“when”]. So ὅπως ἂν, Mat 6:5; Luk 2:35 : and (for the Hebrew למען) Act 15:17; Rom 3:4 : ἂν being the potential particle, if, viz. ye exercise repentance (ye repent), does not make the whole sentence conditional, but is intended to stimulate the hearers to do their part.-ἔλθωσι, may come) even (also) to you. For those times of themselves were about to be, even though those hearers did not give ear to the Gospel (comp. Zec 6:15, where similarly there is a particular condition); but in relation to the hearers, those times might be more or less hastened forward. On this account they are called καιροὶ, times [not the times], without the article.-καιροὶ, times) Comp. Act 3:21, note.-ἀναψύξεως, of refreshing) The allusion is to the refreshing breeze (air) of the New Testament, full of grace, before which all heat retires.-ἀπὸ προσώπου, from the face [presence]) All joy is pure from the face of the Lord, when He regards us with a look of mercy. Psa 44:3, “The light of Thy countenance;” Num 6:25.