Acts 17:31

Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

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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

30Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:

32Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

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Cross References

Psalms 96:13Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.

Matthew 10:15Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

Luke 24:46And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

Acts 2:23Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

Acts 3:15And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

Acts 5:30The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, 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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