and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people.
Parallel translations
- WEB and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.
- KJV And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
- BSB and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
- NKJV He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.
- NLT And over a period of many days he appeared to those who had gone with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to the people of Israel.
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Quick answer
The risen Jesus appeared for many days to those who came with him from Galilee, and they are now his witnesses. Eyewitnesses confirm the resurrection.
Overview
Paul appeals to the many credible witnesses who saw the risen Christ over a period of days, grounding the resurrection in verifiable testimony. These Galilean followers now bear witness to the people. The emphasis on eyewitnesses shows that Christian faith rests on historical reality, not legend.
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Cross-references · 18
- Acts 1:3To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God’s Kingdom.
- Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.
- Matt 28:16But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.
- Acts 1:11who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”
- 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.”
- 1 Cor 15:5–7and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
- Acts 2:32This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
- Acts 10:39We 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.
- John 15:27You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
- Mark 16:12–14After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.
- Acts 3:15and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
- Luke 24:36–42As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be 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.”
- John 20:19–29When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
- John 21:1–14After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way.
- Heb 2:3–4how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation — which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
- Acts 5:32We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
- 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.
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