Acts 1:3

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Acts 1:3

1In my first book, Theophilus, I wrote about what Jesus began to do and teach. This included everything from the beginning ⌞of his life⌟ 2until the day he was taken to heaven. Before he was taken to heaven, he gave instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles, whom he had chosen. After his death Jesus showed the apostles a lot of convincing evidence that he was alive. For 40 days he appeared to them and talked with them about God’s kingdom. 4Once, while he was meeting with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait there for what the Father had promised. Jesus said to them, “I’ve told you what the Father promises: 5John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 1:3 word by word

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 with him to Jerusalem from Galilee. These people are now witnesses and are testifying to the Jewish people about him.
• Matthew 28:9Suddenly, Jesus met them and greeted them. They went up to him, bowed down to worship him, and took hold of his feet.
• Mark 16:10She went and told his friends, who were grieving and crying.
• Luke 24:1Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb. They were carrying the spices that they had prepared.
• John 20:1Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary from Magdala went to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb’s entrance.
• 1 Corinthians 15:5He appeared to Cephas. Next he appeared to the twelve apostles.
• 1 John 1:1The Word of life existed from the beginning. We have heard it. We have seen it. We observed and touched it.
• Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up on the mountain to get the stone tablets, the tablets of the promise that the Lord made to you, I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights without food or water.
• 1 Kings 19:8He got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled for 40 days and nights until he came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
• Matthew 4:2Jesus did not eat anything for 40 days and 40 nights. At the end of that time, he was hungry.
• Acts 28:31He spread the message about God’s kingdom and taught very boldly about the Lord Jesus Christ. No one stopped him.
• Daniel 2:44“At the time of those kings, the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never be destroyed. No other people will be permitted to rule it. It will smash all the other kingdoms and put an end to them. But it will be established forever.
• Matthew 3:2“Turn to God and change the way you think and act, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”
• Matthew 21:43That is why I can guarantee that God’s kingdom will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce what God wants.
• Luke 17:20The Pharisees asked Jesus when God’s kingdom would come. He answered them, “People can’t observe the coming of God’s kingdom.
• Luke 24:44Then he said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you. I told you that everything written about me in Moses’ Teachings, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to come true.”

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