Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 13:38

"Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins:" — Acts 13:38 (ASV)

Men and brethren.—Better, brethren, simply.

Is preached . . .—The force of the Greek tense emphasizes the fact that the forgiveness was, at that very moment, in the act of being proclaimed or preached.

Forgiveness of sins.—This forms the keynote of St. Paul’s preaching (here and in Acts 26:18), as it had also been of St. Peter’s (Acts 2:38; Acts 5:31; Acts 10:43), as it had been before of the Baptist’s (Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3), and of our Lord Himself (Matthew 9:2, 6; Luke 7:47; Luke 24:47). It was the ever-recurring burden of the glad tidings which were preached alike by all.