Acts 17:31

because He has appointed a day in which He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him 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

30Such times of ignorance God did indeed overlook, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent,

32Well when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some started scoffing, while others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

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Cross References

Matthew 10:15Assuredly I say to you, it will 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 it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

Acts 2:23Him—being delivered up by the established purpose and foreknowledge of God—you murdered, having taken Him with lawless hands and crucified Him;

Acts 3:15while you killed the Originator of the Life, whom God raised from among the dead, to which we are witnesses.

Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you murdered by hanging 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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