New English Translation
Acts 5:31
31God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
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 replied, “We must obey God rather than people. 30The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.” 33Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.
Read all of Acts 5Acts 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Himοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- hathὑψόωhupsoō · to lift upG5312
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- withδεξιόςdexios · rightG1188
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- a Princeἀρχηγόςarchēgos · founderG747
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- a Saviourσωτήρsōtēr · saviorG4990
- for to giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- repentanceμετάνοιαmetanoia · repentanceG3341
- to IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl · IsraelG2474
- forgivenessἄφεσιςaphesis · forgivenessG859
- of sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
Cross-references for Acts 5:31
- Acts 2:33So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.
- Acts 4:11This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.
- Psalms 89:19Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: “I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.
- Psalms 110:1Here is the Lord’s proclamation to my lord: “Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!”
- Ezekiel 17:24All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!’”
- Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
- Ephesians 1:20This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms
- Philippians 2:9As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
- Hebrews 2:10For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
- Hebrews 12:2keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
- 1 Peter 3:22who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.
- Acts 3:15You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!
- Psalms 2:6“I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
- Isaiah 9:6For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Ezekiel 34:24I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!
- Ezekiel 37:25They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it – they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them 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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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
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