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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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto 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.

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This verse in Acts 13

Commentary

10 notes on this verse
And he was seen - See the notes at the end of Matthew. Many days - Forty days, Act 1:3. Of them which came up - By the apostles particularly. He was seen by others; but they are especially mentioned as having been chosen for this object, to bear witness to him, and as having been particularly qualified for it.

This site's exposition

for many days He was seen

Paul says that for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, naming living witnesses. The many days are the forty of 1:3.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

AGAINST CELSUS 3.23-24 · Written before 253.

proposed

By comparing what the prophetic Scriptures tell us of Jesus with what his history tells us, we find nothing dissolute about him recorded. For even those who conspired against him and looked for false witnesses to aid them did not find any plausible grounds for advancing a false charge of licentiousness against him. His death was indeed the result of a conspiracy and bore no resemblance to the death of Asclepius by lightning. And what is venerable about the madman Dionysus, clothed in female garments, that he should be worshiped as a god?

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 29 · Written before 407.

proposed

"And He was seen many days of them which came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses unto the people." "Who appeared," he says, "for many days to them that came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem." Instead of which he says, "Who are His witnesses unto the people," to wit, "The men which came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem." Then he produces David and Isaiah bearing witness. "Who are His witnesses," he says, "unto the people" - the people that slew Him. Who would never have been so, were they not strengthened by a Divine Power: for they would never have borne such witness to blood-thirsty men, to the very persons that killed Him.

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts · Written before 1107.

proposed

"Who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and who are now His witnesses before the people." Which they could in no way have been, if the power of God had not sustained them.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

He was seen many days by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem - This last journey both presupposes all the rest, and was the most important of all.
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3 more voices on this verse

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He was seen many days, etc. - The thing was done but a very short time since; and many of the witnesses are still alive, and ready to attest the fact of this resurrection in the most unequivocal manner.

The words behind it

21 Greek words

Every 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.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”28 worksActs 1:3After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.13 worksActs 1:11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”8 worksLuke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.7 worksRevelation 11:3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”5 worksActs 5:32We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Acts 10:41not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.4 worksMatthew 28:16Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.3 works1 Corinthians 15:5–7and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.3 worksMark 16:7But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”3 worksJohn 15:27And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.2 worksActs 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.2 worksActs 10:39We 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,2 worksJohn 21:1–14Later, by the Sea of Tiberias, Jesus again revealed Himself to the disciples. He made Himself known in this way:2 worksJohn 20:19–29It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.2 worksActs 2:32God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.2 worksActs 1:22beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”2 worksLuke 24:36–42While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Acts 1:8

    But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

    it leads to

    • Acts 5:32

      We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Matthew 28:19

      Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

    • Mark 16:15

      And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

    • Romans 15:19

      by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

    • Acts 4:33

      With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.

  • Through

    Acts 1:11

    “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have…

    it leads to

    • Revelation 1:7

      Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

    • 1 Thessalonians 4:16

      For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…

    • Mark 13:26

      At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
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This page draws on 10 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); Albert Barnes, Notes on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 29; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, AGAINST CELSUS 3.23-24 and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.

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