Acts 13:32

Acts 13:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
• New International Version (NIV)“We tell you the good news: What God promised our ancestors
• English Standard Version (ESV)And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And we declare to you glad tidings—that promise which was made to the fathers.

Context of Acts 13:32

30But after Jesus died, God caused him to become alive again. 31For many days after this, Jesus appeared to his disciples. The people who had earlier travelled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem saw him. They are now telling the people of Israel all about it. So we have come here to tell you this good news. God promised our ancestors that he would do these great things for his people. 33Now he has done these things for us who are alive today. He has raised up Jesus to live again. We can read about this in the second Psalm. God says, “You are my Son. Today, I have become your Father.” 34God caused Jesus to live again so that nothing would destroy his body. He will not die again. This is what God said to our ancestors: “I will surely help you with good things, just like I promised to King David.”

Acts 13:32 word by word

καὶ ἡμεῖς ὑμᾶς εὐαγγελιζόμεθα τὴν πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἐπαγγελίαν γενομένην,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• declareεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• the promiseἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860
• which was madeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• the fathersὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Cross-references for Acts 13:32

• Acts 13:38My friends, I want all of you to know this. God forgives us for the bad things that we have done. He does this because of what Jesus did. That is my message to you.
• Isaiah 40:9Zion, you have good news to tell to people! So go up onto a high mountain. Yes, Jerusalem, shout the good news! Shout aloud, and do not be afraid. Say to the towns in Judah, ‘Here is your God!’
• Isaiah 41:27I, the Lord, was the first person to tell the good news to Zion. I sent someone to Jerusalem to say, “Look, they have arrived!”
• Isaiah 52:7Somebody is coming across the mountains to bring good news to us! It is a beautiful thing to see him run towards us! He has come to tell us that there will be peace, because God will save our city. He says to Zion, ‘Your God rules as king!’
• Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Almighty Lord is on me, because he has chosen me to serve him. He has sent me to tell good news to poor people. He has sent me to comfort people who are very upset. He has sent me to tell prisoners that they are now free. They can go out of their prisons!
• Luke 1:19The angel answered, ‘I am called Gabriel. My place is to stand in front of God. I am always ready to work for God. He has sent me to speak to you. He told me that I should tell you this good news.
• Luke 2:10The angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. Listen! I bring you good news. This news will make everyone very happy.
• Romans 10:15And nobody can go to tell God's message to people unless God sends them. This is written in the Bible: ‘When people arrive to tell us good news, we say “welcome!” ’
• Acts 3:19So you must stop doing wrong things. Change how you live and turn to God. Then God will forgive you for all the wrong things that you have done.
• Acts 26:6So what is the reason that I stand here today for you to judge me? It is because I believe in God's promise to our ancestors.
• Genesis 3:15I will cause you and the woman to become enemies. Your descendants and her descendants will always be enemies. One of her descendants will attack your head. You will attack his heel.’
• Genesis 12:3I will bless those people who bless you. But I will curse anyone who insults you. Through you, I will bless all the families of people on the earth.’
• Genesis 22:18I will bless all the nations on the earth through your descendants. I will do this because you have obeyed me.’
• Genesis 26:4I will give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky. And I will give these lands to them. Because of your descendants, I will bless everyone on the earth.
• Genesis 49:10Judah's descendants will always rule as king. They will continue to hold the stick and the sceptre that show the king's authority. They will do that until the man comes who truly has that authority. People from all nations will obey that king.
• Deuteronomy 18:15One day, the Lord your God will send to you a prophet like me. He will come from among your own people. You must listen to him.

Commentaries on Acts 13:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32We declare unto you glad tidings - We proclaim that Gospel to you which is the fulfillment of the promise made unto the fathers.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32And we - We who are here present. Paul and Barnabas. Declare unto you glad tidings - We preach the gospel the good news. To a Jew, nothing could be more grateful intelligence than that the Messiah had come; to a sinner convinced of his sins nothing can be more cheering than to hear of a Saviour. The promise … - The promise here refers to all that had been spoken in the Old Testament respecting the advent, sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-37Verses 32-37 The resurrection of Christ was the great proof of his being the Son of God. It was not possible he should be held by death, because he was the Son of God, and therefore had life in himself, which he could not lay down but with a design to take it again. The sure mercies of David are that everlasting life, of which the resurrection was a sure pledge; and the blessings of redemption in Christ are a certain earnest, even in this world. David was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-37Paul reviewed how Jesus had been treated with shame, including an unjust sentence and death. But God raised Jesus from the dead, and many witnesses saw him. This message is good news, because through Jesus people can receive forgiveness of sins. But people must respond with faith, or they will face serious consequences.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-5213. they came to Perga in Pamphylia--The distance from Paphos to Attalia, on the Gulf of Pamphylia (see on Ac 14:25), sailing in a northwest direction, is not much greater than from Seleucia to Salamis on the east. Perga was the metropolis of Pamphylia, on the river Cestrus, and about seven miles inland from Attalia. and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem--As Paul afterwards peremptorily refused to take Mark with him on his second missionary…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 13:32

• Antioch
• God
• Gospel
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• Law
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Preaching
• Synagogue
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Acts 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings