And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Parallel translations
- WEB and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
- BSB You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
- NKJV and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
- NASB but put to death the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.
- NLT You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!
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Quick answer
They killed the Author of life, but God raised him from the dead, and the apostles are witnesses. The resurrection overturned their verdict and grounds the apostolic testimony.
Overview
Calling Jesus the 'Prince' or Author of life is a striking paradox: they put to death the very source of life, yet death could not hold him. God's raising of Jesus is the central proof of the gospel and the foundation of Christian hope. The apostles ground their preaching in eyewitness testimony to the risen Christ, the heart of their message in Acts.
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- 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.
- Acts 2:32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
- Rev 21:6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
- John 1:4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
- Heb 2:10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
- John 5:26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
- Acts 13:30–32But God raised him from the dead:
- 1 Cor 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
- John 11:25–26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
- John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
- Rev 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
- John 4:10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
- Heb 5:9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
- 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- Rev 22:1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- 1 Jn 5:11–12And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- Col 3:3–4For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
- John 10:28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
- Acts 10:40–41Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
- Matt 28:2–5And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
- Rom 8:1–2There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
- Acts 5:31Him 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 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.
- Eph 1:20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
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