I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
⛓ Read Isaiah 57 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation1
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
'Preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near' quotes 'Peace, peace, to the far and to the near.' The double 'peace' and the far/near pair are reproduced verbatim in sense, making this the clearest formal citation in the chapter.
High confidenceAllusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'You who once were far off are made near' draws directly on Isaiah's 'Peace, peace, to the far and to the near.' The far/near pairing is the controlling OT text here, used both at 2:13 and quoted at 2:17, and its volume and recurrence make it the structural backbone of the pericope.
High confidence'To all who are far off' (tois eis makran, v.39) echoes Isaiah's 'Peace, peace, to the far and to the near' (Isa 57:19 LXX, 'those far off and those near'), an OT idiom for the inclusion of the distant/diaspora and, ultimately, the nations. Moderate verbal volume on the 'far off' phrase; thematic coherence with Acts' universal mission is high. Reused in NT reconciliation language elsewhere, supporting recurrence.
Medium confidenceEcho4
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'Peace, peace, to him that is far off, and to him that is near' undergirds the proclamation of peace now extended to the far-off Gentiles in Cornelius's house; coherent with the chapter's inclusion theme.
Medium confidence'Peace, peace, to the far and to the near, says the LORD; and I will heal him' is God's gift of peace to his people, the prophetic backdrop to Jesus bestowing his own peace. Medium for the shared divine-gift-of-peace motif; John heightens it by contrasting Jesus' peace with the world's hollow giving.
Medium confidenceA second, fainter source for ‘fruit of lips’ — Isa 57:19 LXX literally speaks of ‘the fruit of the lips’ (karpon cheileōn). Low volume and contested as the primary referent (Hosea is the better fit for the praise-as-sacrifice sense), but the exact lexical match means it cannot be excluded from a maximal inventory (Hays' criterion of availability).
Low confidence"Peace with God" for the reconciled (5:1, 5:10-11): "Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the LORD; and I will heal him." The prophetic announcement of peace and healing to estranged people faintly anticipates peace and reconciliation language. Contested.
Low confidence