Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
23. Every soul. Here, by a most grievous punishment against the rebellious, the authority of all the prophets, but most of all of Christ, is established; and that for good causes. For seeing there is nothing that God doth account more precious than his word, it cannot be that he should suffer the same to be freely contemned.
When Peter saw the crowd moved by the miracle and ready to worship him and John, he cut them off at once and turned all honor to Christ alone. A wise minister uses the broken and prepared ground of the people's wonder to sow the gospel seed.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 3:12-26
And it shall come to pass, that every soul,.... Every person, man or woman: which will not hear that prophet; neither believe what he says, nor do what he commands; or as it is in Deu 18:19 "will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name": for he that hears not him, hearkens not to God, in whose name he speaks...