Acts 5:30
28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
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
- The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
- KJV
- The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
- WEB
- The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- ASV
- The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.
- DARBY
- The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom *ye* have slain, having hanged on a cross.
- BLB
- The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you⁺ killed, having hanged [Him] on a tree.
- ÅB
- Våre fedres Gud oppvakte Jesus, som dere drepte ved å henge ham på et tre;
- OTB
- Våre forfedres Gud reiste Jesus opp fra de døde, som dere drepte ved å henge ham på et kors.
- B1930
- Våre fedres Gud opvakte Jesus, som I drepte ved å henge ham på et tre;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 3:13
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Read in context1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Read in contextActs 10:39
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:
Read in contextActs 13:28–29
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
Read in contextActs 4:10–11
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Read in contextActs 3:13–15
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
Read in contextActs 2:22–24
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Read in contextLuke 1:72
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
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