Acts 13:32
30 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.
And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
33 He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
34 In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
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
- And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
- KJV
- And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
- WEB
- We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,
- ASV
- And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,
- DARBY
- And *we* declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,
- BLB
- And we preach the gospel to you⁺, the promise having been made to the fathers,
- ÅB
- Og vi forkynner dere evangeliet om det løfte som ble gitt til fedrene, at dette har Gud oppfylt for oss, deres barn, idet han oppreiste Jesus,
- OTB
- "Vi bringer dere det gode budskap: Det Gud lovet våre forfedre
- B1930
- Og vi forkynner eder evangeliet om det løfte som blev gitt til fedrene, at dette har Gud opfylt for oss, deres barn, idet han opreiste Jesus,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
Read in contextActs 26:6
And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
Read in contextEzekiel 34:23
I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
Read in contextRomans 9:4
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Read in contextGalatians 3:16–18
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
Read in contextZechariah 6:12
And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
Read in contextMicah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
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