Acts 3:15
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.
14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
16 By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
17 And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
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
- You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
- KJV
- And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
- WEB
- and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
- ASV
- and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
- DARBY
- but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among [the] dead, whereof *we* are witnesses.
- BLB
- And you⁺ killed the Author of life, whom God raised out from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
- ÅB
- men livets høvding drepte dere, ham som Gud oppvakte fra de døde, som vi er vitner om.
- OTB
- Dere drepte livets fyrste, som Gud oppreiste fra de døde, og vi er vitner om dette.
- B1930
- men livets høvding drepte I, ham som Gud opvakte fra de døde, som vi er vidner om.
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 contextRevelation 21:6
And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
Read in contextActs 2:32
God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:45
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
Read in contextHebrews 2:10
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Read in contextActs 13:30–32
But God raised Him from the dead,
Read in contextJohn 5:26
For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
Read in contextJohn 1:4
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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