Acts 5:31
God exalted him to a position of honor at his right hand as Prince and Savior, as a way to bring repentance to Israel, and for the forgiveness of sins.
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30The God of our forefathers raised Jesus from the dead—the one you killed by hanging him on a cross.
Cross References
Psalms 89:19Once you spoke in a vision to your faithful servant and said, “I have given strength to the warrior I have chosen from the people to become king.
Psalms 110:1The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for you.”
Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt to pay for your freedom; I traded Ethiopia and Seba for you.
Isaiah 45:21Discuss this together, and then speak up, present your case. Who predicted this long ago? Who said what would happen in the future back in the past? Wasn't that me, the Lord? There is no other God except me, no other God who does what is right, and who saves. There is no God apart from me.
Jeremiah 31:31Look! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.
Ezekiel 34:24I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be their leader. I the Lord have spoken.
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 →