Acts 5:31

Acts 5:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Context of Acts 5:31

29But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men. 30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you put to death by hanging Him on a cross. He is the One whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 32And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.” 33But when they heard this, they became infuriated and nearly decided to execute them.

Acts 5:31 word by word

τοῦτον ὁ θεὸς ἀρχηγὸν καὶ σωτῆρα ὕψωσεν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ δοῦναι μετάνοιαν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν.Read the interlinear

• He is the One whom Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• exaltedὑψόωhupsoō · to lift upG5312
• to His rightδεξιόςdexios · rightG1188
• Princeἀρχηγόςarchēgos · founderG747
• Saviorσωτήρsōtēr · saviorG4990
• to grantδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• repentanceμετάνοιαmetanoia · repentanceG3341
• to IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl · IsraelG2474
• and forgivenessἄφεσιςaphesis · forgivenessG859
• of sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266

Cross-references for Acts 5:31

• Acts 2:33Therefore, since He has been exalted at the right hand of God, and has received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.
• Acts 4:11He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief cornerstone.
• Psalms 89:19Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
• Psalms 110:1The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
• Ezekiel 17:24All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord; I bring down the high tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will perform it.”
• Matthew 28:18And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
• Ephesians 1:20which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
• Philippians 2:9For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
• Hebrews 2:10For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the originator of their salvation through sufferings.
• Hebrews 12:2looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• 1 Peter 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.
• Acts 3:15but put to death the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.
• Psalms 2:6“But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
• Isaiah 9:6For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
• Ezekiel 34:24And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.
• Ezekiel 37:25And they will live on the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons’ sons, forever; and My servant David will be their leader forever.

Commentaries on Acts 5:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Him hath God exalted with his right hand - By a supereminent display of his almighty power, for so the right hand of God often means; he has raised him from the dead, and raised his human nature to the throne of his glory. Instead of ͅ, the right hand, the Codex Bezae has ͅ, to glory. A Prince - The leader or director in the way. See the notes on Acts 3:15, Acts 3:19. And a Savior - , A deliverer or preserver. The word comes from to save, deliver…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31Him hath God exalted - See the notes on Acts 2:33. To be a Prince - ̓̀ archēgonSee the notes on Acts 3:15. In that place he is called the “Prince of life.” Here it means that he is actually in the “exercise” of the office of a prince or a king, at the right hand of his Father. The title “Prince,” or “King,” was one which was well known as applied to the Messiah. It denotes that he has “dominion” and “power,” especially the power which is needful to give…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-33Verses 26-33 Many will do an evil thing with daring, yet cannot bear to hear of it afterward, or to have it charged upon them. We cannot expect to be redeemed and healed by Christ, unless we give up ourselves to be ruled by him. Faith takes the Saviour in all his offices, who came, not to save us in our sins, but to save us from our sins. Had Christ been exalted to give dominion to Israel, the chief priests would have welcomed him. But repentance and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-32We are witnesses of these things: As witnesses, the apostles had the responsibility to speak about what they had seen and heard (see Leviticus 5:1; compare Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:18–20; Luke 24:44–49; John 20:21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. Prince and a Saviour--the first word expressing that Royalty which all Israel looked for in Messiah, the second the Saving character of it which they had utterly lost sight of. Each of these features in our Lord's work enters into the other, and both make one glorious whole (compare Ac 3:15; He 2:10). to give--dispensing as a "Prince." repentance and remission of sins--as a "Saviour"; "repentance" embracing all that change which issues in the faith…Read the comment

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• Repentance
• Sadducees
• Testimony
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• Forgiveness of sin
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Commentaries on Acts 5

• 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
• 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