Acts 5:31
God exalted this man with his right hand, a Pathfinder and a Savior to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye murdered, having hung on a tree.
Cross References
Psalms 89:19Then thou spoke in a vision to thy sanctified, and said, I have laid help upon a mighty [man]. I have exalted a chosen [man] out of the people.
Psalms 110:1LORD says to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Isaiah 43:3For I am LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior. I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
Isaiah 45:21Declare ye, and bring [it] forth. Yea, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Have not I, LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is none
Jeremiah 31:31Behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah,
Ezekiel 34:24And I, LORD, will be their God, and my servant David ruler among them. I, LORD, have spoken it.
Matthew Henry on Acts 5:27-42
The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29… Read the whole commentary →