Acts 5:31

God has greatly honored Jesus. He has taken him up to heaven! He has authorized him to be the one who will save us and to rule over our lives! God did this so that he might enable us Israelites [MTY] to turn away from our sinful behavior and that he might forgive us for our sins.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

In Context

30God considers that you are the ones who killed Jesus by nailing him to a cross! But God, whom our ancestors worshipped, ◄caused Jesus to become alive again after he died/raised Jesus from the dead►.

32We (exc) tell people about these things that we know happened to Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, whom God has sent to us who obey him, is also confirming that these things are true.”

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Cross References

Psalms 89:19Long ago you spoke in a vision to one of your servants/prophets, saying, “I have helped a famous soldier; I chose him from among all the people to be a king.

Psalms 110:1Yahweh said to my lord the king, “Sit here, close to me, in the place of highest honor [MTY] until I completely defeat your enemies [MET] and make them like a stool for your feet!”

Isaiah 43:3because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable the army of the emperor of Persia to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba in Arabia, in order that you can be saved.

Isaiah 45:21Talk among yourselves, and decide what you will say to prove that your praying to idols is good. And when you do that, I will ask you, ‘Who predicted long ago what has now happened? Did any idol tell you that those things would happen [RHQ]?’ No, it was [RHQ] only I, Yahweh, who told you, because I am the only God; there is no other God. I am a God who acts righteously and saves people; there is no other one who does these things.

Jeremiah 31:31I, Yahweh, say this: ‘There will be a time when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.

Ezekiel 34:24I, Yahweh, will be their God, and the one who is like [MET] King David will be their king. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.

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 →

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