“And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a cross,
Parallel translations
- WEB We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree.
- KJV And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
- BSB We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
- NKJV And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree.
- NASB We are witnesses of all the things that He did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross.
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Quick answer
The apostles are witnesses of all Jesus did in Judea and Jerusalem, yet He was killed, hanged on a tree. Eyewitness testimony joins His ministry to His crucifixion.
Overview
Peter affirms apostolic eyewitness to both Jesus' deeds and His death. The phrase 'hanging him on a tree' echoes Deuteronomy 21:23, hinting that Christ bore the curse for sinners (Galatians 3:13). The cross, far from refuting His messiahship, lies at the heart of the gospel of forgiveness Peter proclaims.
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Cross-references · 16
- Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.
- Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
- Acts 10:41not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
- 1 Pet 2:24who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
- Acts 2:32This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
- Acts 2:23–24him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
- Acts 5:30–32The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Acts 13:31and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.
- Luke 1:2even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
- Acts 3:14–15But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
- Acts 1:22beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
- Acts 7:52Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
- Acts 4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
- Gal 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
- John 15:27You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
- Acts 13:27–29For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
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