<p>3:24 <i>Yes, and a<em>ll the prophets- </em></i>According to Acts 3:21,24, <em>all</em> the prophets speak of Israel's latter day repentance and the subsequent return of Messiah.</p><p><em>From Samuel</em>- Samuel was not the first person to act as a prophet, a forth-teller of God's word. Why single him out as the starting point for the ministry of the prophets? Perhaps in reflection of the Jewish saying that Samuel was chief of the prophets. The connection with Moses (:22) may intend us to understand 'The law and the prophets'. Or perhaps because his mother was the first to specifically predict the Messiah in so many words (1 Sam. 2:10,35). But see on 3:25 <em>You are the sons of the prophets</em>.</p><p><i>And those that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days</i>- The reference could be to the &quot;times of the restoration&quot; of :21, which Peter believed to be breaking in upon them with the conversion of some Jews. He was disappointed in his expectation; for the conversions didn't continue, and many of the Jewish Christians fell away. And so the preconditions required for the full restitution of all things weren't met, and it was delayed until our days.</p>