John Calvin Commentary Acts 3:23

"And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people." — Acts 3:23 (ASV)

Every soul. Here, by a most severe punishment against the rebellious, the authority of all the prophets, but most of all of Christ, is established; and this for good reasons. For since there is nothing that God considers more precious than His word, it cannot be that He would allow it to be freely despised.

Therefore, if anyone despised the law of Moses, he was condemned to death. And to this Moses referred when he said, He shall be put away from among the people.

For God had adopted the descendants and family of Abraham for Himself on this condition: that being reckoned in that number might be sufficient for their greatest happiness, as it is said in the Psalm, Blessed is the people whose God is the Lord. And in another place, Blessed is the nation whom the Lord has chosen to be His inheritance. Therefore, it is not to be doubted that He declares that whoever refuses to hear Christ shall be blotted out of the book of life.

For whoever refuses to have Him as his Master—Him by whom alone God teaches us and by whom He wills us to hear Himself—is not worthy to be considered one of the Church; and whoever refuses to be under the Head cuts himself off from the body.