Acts 17:31

inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this by raising him from the dead."

Montgomery New Testament

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

30"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but he now commands all men that they should all, everywhere, repent;

32But on hearing of the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock; but others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."

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Cross References

Matthew 10:15"I tell you solemnly it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that town.

Luke 24:46and he said. "Thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead, the third day;

Acts 2:23him, delivered up by the settled purpose and fore-knowledge of God, you crucified and killed at the hands of lawless men;

Acts 3:15"The Pioneer of Life you put to death. But God has raised him from the dead, and we are witnesses of that fact.

Acts 5:30"We must obey God rather than man. The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom you slew by 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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