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

1I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach 2until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God. 4While he was with them, he declared, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me. 5For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

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 accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.
• Matthew 28:9But Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings!” They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.
• Mark 16:10She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.
• Luke 24:1Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.
• John 20:1Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.
• 1 Corinthians 15:5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
• 1 John 1:1This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched (concerning the word of life –
• Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing.
• 1 Kings 19:8So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
• Matthew 4:2After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.
• Acts 28:31proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction.
• Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.
• Matthew 3:2“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
• Matthew 21:43For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
• Luke 17:20Now at one point the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to 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