Acts 13:30
in Acts 13But God raised Him from the dead,
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This verse in Acts 13
Commentary
10 notes on this verse"But God raised Him from the dead." Let it not trouble you that it is said of Jesus that He was raised by God, because if Jesus is none other than the incarnate Word, and the Word, according to the testimony of Scripture, Christ, the …
This site's exposition
But God raised him from the dead
But God raised him from the dead: a short clause answering the whole preceding sentence's catalogue of what men did to Jesus, and the turn from human rejection to divine reversal is the sermon's structural center. Every clause before this verse has told what Jerusalem's rulers did; every clause after it tells what God did, and Paul builds his entire argument for the resurrection on that deliberate contrast. The bench across the centuries reads this single verse as the pivot the whole sermon has been walking toward since verse sixteen.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
A commentator
Severus of AntiochCATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 13.30-31 · Written before 538.
proposed
Do not be troubled by the fact that Jesus is said to have been raised by God. Indeed, if Jesus is none other than the incarnate Word, he is also the power of the Father through whom everything occurs. This is according to the words, …
So it is clear to them that pay attention that at the raising of the body the Son is said by Paul to have been raised from the dead, for he refers what concerns the body to the Son's person. Similarly when he says "the …
Nothing is inappropriate in saying that Jesus was raised by God. For if Jesus is none other than the Word who became flesh, (see Jn. 1:1-14) and this Word is the power of the Father through whom he enacts all things, (see 1 Cor. 8:6) …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But God raised him from the dead. Though his life was taken away by man, and it was a clear case that he was certainly dead, and he was taken down from the cross as such, and buried; yet he could not be held with the cords of death, but God the Father raised him from the dead by his power. The Vulgate Latin version adds, "the third day".
The preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles at their request, and upon the Jews' refusal of it, wherein the apostles justified themselves against the displeasure which the Jews conceived at it, and God owned them,
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
children . . . of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God--Gentile proselytes. to you is the word of this salvation sent--both being regarded as one class, as "the Jew first," to whom the Gospel was to be addressed in the first instance.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
But God raised him from the dead - And thus gave the fullest proof of his innocence. God alone can raise the dead; and he would not work a miracle so very extraordinary, but on some extraordinary occasion.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
But God raised him ... - See the notes on Act 2:23-24.
The words behind it
7 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| θεὸς | theos | God | G2316 → | 1312 times |
| ἤγειρεν | egeiren | raised | G1453 → | 142 times |
| αὐτὸν | auton | Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἐκ | ek | out from | G1537 → | 911 times |
| νεκρῶν, | nekron | [the] dead, | G3498 → | 128 times |
ὁ<the>
hoG3588 →19766 times
δὲBut
deG1161 →2765 times
θεὸςGod
theosG2316 →1312 times
ἤγειρενraised
egeirenG1453 →142 times
αὐτὸνHim
autonG846 →5565 times
ἐκout from
ekG1537 →911 times
νεκρῶν,[the] dead,
nekronG3498 →128 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 28:6He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
it leads to
- Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Mark 16:6
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
- Matthew 12:40
Through
Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
it leads to
- Acts 2:32
God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 6:14
By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
- 1 Peter 1:21
Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
- Colossians 2:12
And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
- Acts 2:32
Through
John 2:19Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
it leads to
- Mark 14:58
“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
- Mark 15:29
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
- Mark 14:58
Where this verse is studied
About Acts

This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); J. A. Alexander, The Acts of the Apostles Explained; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts; Severus of Antioch, CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 13.30-31; Theodoret of Cyrus, DIALOGUE 3 and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.
