English Standard Version
Acts 1:3
3He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
Acts 1:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
- New International Version (NIV)After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.
Context of Acts 1:3
1In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me; 5for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
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οἷς καὶ παρέστησεν ἑαυτὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τὸ παθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολλοῖς τεκμηρίοις, δι᾽ ἡμερῶν τεσσεράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος αὐτοῖς καὶ λέγων τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- To whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- he shewedπαρίστημιparistēmi paristanō · to stand byG3936
- himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- aliveζάωzaō · to liveG2198
- afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- passionπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
- byἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- infallible proofsτεκμήριονtekmērion · clear proofG5039
- being seenὀπτάνομαιoptanomai optomai · to appearG3700
- ofδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- fortyτεσσαράκονταtessarakonta · fortyG5062
- daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- speakingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- of the things pertaining toπερίperi · aboutG4012
- the kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for Acts 1:3
- Acts 13:31and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
- Matthew 28:9And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.
- Mark 16:10She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
- Luke 24:1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
- John 20:1Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
- 1 Corinthians 15:5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
- 1 John 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—
- Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
- 1 Kings 19:8And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God.
- Matthew 4:2And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
- Acts 28:31proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.
- Daniel 2:44And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,
- Matthew 3:2"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
- Matthew 21:43Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
- Luke 17:20Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed,
- Luke 24:44Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."
Commentaries on Acts 1:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3To whom - he showed himself alive - by many infallible proofs - ; by many proofs of such a nature, and connected with such circumstances, as to render them indubitable; for this is the import of the Greek word . The proofs were such as these: Appearing to several different persons at different times. His eating and drinking with them. His meeting them in Galilee according to his own appointment. His subjecting his body to be touched and handled by them…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3He showed himself - The resurrection of Jesus was the great fact on which the truth of the gospel was to be established. Hence, the sacred writers so often refer to it, and establish it by so many arguments. As the fact of his resurrection lay at the foundation of all that Luke was about to record in his history, it was of importance that he should state clearly the sum of the evidence of it in the beginning of his work. After his passion - After he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive: The Gospels provide evidence for Christ’s resurrection: Jesus’s tomb was empty (Luke 24:3–4). No one disturbed his grave clothes (John 20:3–9). Many people saw him (see Matthew 28; Mark 16:1–8; Luke 24:1–53; John 20:11–21:23; 1 Corinthians 15:3–8). Jesus appeared to the apostles to help them overcome their doubt (Matthew 28:17; Luke 24:17–24, 38, 41; John 20:27; see Mark 16:14)…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. showed himself alive--As the author is about to tell us that "the resurrection of the Lord Jesus" was the great burden of apostolic preaching, so the subject is here filly introduced by an allusion to the primary evidence on which that great fact rests, the repeated and undeniable manifestations of Himself in the body to the assembled disciples, who, instead of being predisposed to believe it, had to be overpowered by the resistless evidence of their…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 1
- 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
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