Acts 17:31
because he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
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In Context
30The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth all men everywhere to repent:
Cross References
Psalms 96:13Before Jehovah; for he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.
Matthew 10:15Verily I say unto 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 unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved the Christ to suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;
Acts 2:23him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by the hands of lawless men did crucify and slay:
Acts 3:15and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, 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 →