Acts 17:31
Because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained: of which he hath given assurance to all men , in that he hath raised him from the dead.
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In Context
30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Cross References
Psalms 96:13For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Matthew 10:15Verily, I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Luke 24:46And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Acts 3:15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; of which we are witnesses.
Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged 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 →