Revised Webster's Bible
Acts 1:3
3To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to 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.
- 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
1The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2Until the day when he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 4And, being assembled with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard from me. 5For John truly baptized in water; but ye shall be baptized in 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
- whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- showedπαρίστημιparistēmi 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
- proofsτεκμήριονtekmērion · clear proofG5039
- seenὀπτάνομαιoptanomai optomai · to appearG3700
- themδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- fortyτεσσαράκονταtessarakonta · fortyG5062
- daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- speakingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- pertainingπερίperi · aboutG4012
- kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for Acts 1:3
- Acts 13:31And he was seen many days by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.
- Matthew 28:9And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
- Mark 16:10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
- Luke 24:1Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
- John 20:1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
- 1 Corinthians 15:5And that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve:
- 1 John 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
- Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up to the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount 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 when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.
- Acts 28:31Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
- Daniel 2:44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
- Matthew 3:2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matthew 21:43Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it.
- Luke 17:20And when he was asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
- Luke 24:44And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
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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