Acts 13:30
28 And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
29 When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
But God raised Him from the dead,
31 and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
32 And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
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.
Compare
- BSB
- But God raised Him from the dead,
- KJV
- But God raised him from the dead:
- WEB
- But God raised him from the dead,
- ASV
- But God raised him from the dead:
- DARBY
- but God raised him from among [the] dead,
- BLB
- But God raised Him out from the dead,
- ÅB
- Men Gud oppvakte ham fra de døde,
- OTB
- Men Gud reiste Ham opp fra de døde
- B1930
- Men Gud opvakte ham fra de døde,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 2:24
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
Read in contextActs 17:31
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Read in contextMatthew 28:6
He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
Read in contextActs 4:10
then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
Read in contextActs 5:30–31
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
Read in contextJohn 10:17
The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
Read in contextActs 10:40
God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
Read in contextActs 3:13
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
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