This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Parallel translations
- WEB This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
- BSB God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
- NKJV This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses.
- NASB It is this Jesus whom God raised up, a fact to which we are all witnesses.
- NLT “God raised Jesus from the dead, and we are all witnesses of this.
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Quick answer
Peter declares that God raised this Jesus, and the apostles are all witnesses. It affirms the resurrection as an eyewitnessed fact.
Overview
The apostles' eyewitness testimony grounds the proclamation of the risen Christ. 'This Jesus,' the crucified one, is the very one God raised. Their witness is the foundation on which the church's gospel rests.
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Cross-references · 10
- Acts 3:15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
- Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
- Acts 1:22Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
- Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- Luke 24:46–48And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
- Acts 4:33And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
- John 20:26–31And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
- John 15:27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
- Acts 5:31–32Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
- Acts 10:39–41And 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:
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