Acts 1:3

To whom also he showed himself alive after he had suffered, by numerous signs, during forty days, while he was seen by them, and spoke of the kingdom of God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

In Context

2until the day when he was taken up, after he had instructed those legates whom he had chosen by the Holy Spirit.

4And when he had eaten bread with them, he instructed them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which (said he) ye have heard from me.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:2And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he hungered.

Matthew 28:9And lo, Jesus met them, and said to them: Hail, ye. And they came and clasped his feet, and worshipped him.

Mark 16:10And she went and told them that had been with him, while they were mourning and weeping.

Luke 24:1And on the first day of the week, in the morning, while it was yet dark, they came to the sepulchre, and brought the aromatics they had prepared. And there were other women with them.

Matthew Henry on Acts 1:2-6

Acts to Revelation PREFACE Acts to Revelation After much expectation, and many enquiries, the last volume of the late reverend Mr. Henry's Exposition now appears in the world. The common disadvantages that attend posthumous productions will doubtless be discerned in this; but we hope, though there are diversities of gifts, there will be found to be the same spirit. Some of the relations and hearers of that excellent person have been at the pains of transcribing the notes they took in short-hand of this part of the… Read the whole commentary →

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