Acts 17:31

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world, in righteousness, by the man whom he has chosen, giving to all assurance of this, by having raised him from the dead.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

In Context

30Yet the times of this ignorance God overlooked; but now, he commands all men everywhere to repent:

32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; others said: We will hear you again concerning this matter.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:15Verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Luke 24:46and he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus was it necessary that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day,

Acts 2:23him, delivered up by the fixed purpose and foreknowledge of God, you took, and with wicked hands did crucify and slay:

Acts 3:15and you slew the Author of life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

Acts 5:30The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom you slew by hanging him on a tree.

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:23-32

Paul at Athens. 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed… Read the whole commentary →

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