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Acts 10:39

Jerusalem
The cross and atonement

37 You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,

40 God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—

41 not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
KJV
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
WEB
We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree.
ASV
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they slew, hanging him on a tree.
DARBY
*We* also [are] witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.
BLB
And we [are] witnesses of all that He did—both in the region of the Jews and in Jerusalem—whom they also put to death, having hanged [Him] on a tree.
ÅB
Og vi er vitner om alt det han gjorde både i jødenes land og i Jerusalem, han som de slo ihjel, idet de hengte ham på et tre.
OTB
Vi er vitner om alt Han gjorde i jødenes land og i Jerusalem. De drepte Ham ved å henge Ham på et kors,
B1930
Og vi er vidner om alt det han gjorde både i jødenes land og i Jerusalem, han som de slo ihjel, idet de hengte ham på et tre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 24:48

    You are witnesses of these things.

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  • Acts 10:41

    not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

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  • Acts 1:8

    But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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  • Acts 2:32

    God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.

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  • 1 Peter 2:24

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

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  • Galatians 3:13

    Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

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  • Acts 1:22

    beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

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  • Acts 2:23–24

    He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

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