<p>10:43- see on Acts 10:35,36.</p><p><i>To him all the prophets bear witness</i>- It is quite a challenge to find this message explicitly taught in all the Old Testament prophets. &quot;The prophets&quot; may be a reference to the section of the Old Testament scriptures known as &quot;the prophets&quot;, as if to say that the essence of the message from that section was forgiveness for Israel in Messiah's Name. Or &quot;the prophets&quot; may refer to the New Testament prophets, the forth-tellers of the word of the Gospel. This would make better sense of the present tense- all the prophets were right then giving witness to this message.</p><p><i>That everyone who believes in him</i>- Jews and Gentiles.</p><p><em>Receives forgiveness of sins through his name-</em> The same word used of how they &quot;received&quot; the Holy Spirit (:47). Repentance, forgiveness and inner transformation is what the Spirit gift is all about. The visible manifestations sometimes noted were to demonstrate to observers that really, those who had converted to Christ really were legitimate.</p>