Acts 5:30
in Acts 5The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
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ASV
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.
KJV
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
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This verse in Acts 5
Commentary
11 notes on this verseThe God of our fathers raised up Jesus - It was well to introduce this, that the council might at once see that they preached no strange God; and that he who so highly honored the patriarchs, Moses, and the prophets, had yet more highly honored Jesus Christ in raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand, and proclaiming him as the only giver of salvation and the repentance which leads to it.
This site's exposition
We must obey God
on Acts 5:29-32
Peter answers for the apostles that they must obey God rather than men, setting a limit to obedience where a command stands against God's. Their testimony is joined to the Spirit's, whom God has given to those who obey Him.
This site's exposition
The God of our fathers
Clarke notes that naming the God of the fathers showed the council that the apostles preached no strange God. Chrysostom observes that they refer the whole work to the Father, so that the Son should not seem alien to him. Oecumenius calls the man they despised both Savior and God.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
Then also that he whom they themselves call a mere man was both Savior and God, and God had such concern for him that he raised him from the dead. For to say that he had risen by his own power was not yet safe, …
These [are the] voices of the Church from which every Church had its origin; these are the voices of the metropolis of the citizens of the new covenant; these are the voices of the apostles; these are voices of the disciples of the Lord, the truly perfect, who, after the assumption of the Lord, were perfected by the Spirit, and called upon the God who made heaven, and earth, and the sea,-who was announced by the prophets,-and Jesus Christ His Son, whom God anointed, and who knew no other [God].
But mark what Peter says: "Him hath God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." Here he forbears to mention the Gentiles, not to give them a handle against him.
And again they refer the whole to the Father, that He should not seem to be alien to the Father. "And hath exalted," saith He, "with his right hand." He affirms not merely the Resurrection, but the Exaltation also. "For to give repentance to Israel." Observe here as before the gain to them: observe the perfection of doctrine conveyed in the form of apology.
The Medieval Church1 voice
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus. In Greek, it has His Child Jesus, according to the psalmist: Give power to your child; save the son of your handmaid (Psalm 85).
3 more voices on this verse
The Medieval Church1 voice
There was no longer any discussion about the resurrection. But that the Lord grants remission, "both we and the Holy Spirit" are witnesses to this — the Spirit Who would in no way have descended if sins had not first been remitted. And observe how, …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Raised up Jesus - This refers to his resurrection. Hanged on a tree - That is, on the “cross,” Gal 3:13; 1Pe 2:24; Act 10:39; Act 13:29. This is the amount of Peter’s defense. He begins with the great principle Act 5:29, which they could not gainsay, that God ought to be obeyed rather than man. He then proceeds to state that they were convinced that God had raised up Jesus from the dead, and as they had such decisive evidence of that, and were commanded by the authority of the Lord Jesus to be “witnesses of that,” they were not “at liberty” to be silent. They were bound to obey God rather than the Sanhedrin, and to make known everywhere the fact that the Lord Jesus was risen. The remark that God had raised up Jesus whom they had “slain,” does not seem to have been made to irritate or to reproach them, but merely to “identify” him as the person that had been raised. It was also a confirmation of the truth and reality of the miracle. Of his “death” they had no doubt, for they had been at pains to certify it, Joh 19:31-34. It is certain, however, that Peter did not shrink from charging on them their guilt; nor was he at any pains to “soften” or “mitigate” the severe charge that they had murdered their own Messiah.
The words behind it
13 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 |
| θεὸς | theos | God | G2316 → | 1312 times |
| τῶν | ton | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πατέρων | pateron | fathers | G3962 → | 410 times |
| ἡμῶν | hemon | of us | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| ἤγειρεν | egeiren | raised up | G1453 → | 142 times |
| Ἰησοῦν | iesoun | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| ὃν | hon | whom | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| ὑμεῖς | humeis | you yourselves | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| διεχειρίσασθε | diecheirisasthe | killed | G1315 → | |
| κρεμάσαντες | kremasantes | having hanged [Him] | G2910 → | 7 times |
| ἐπὶ | epi | on | G1909 → | 883 times |
| ξύλου· | xulou | a tree; | G3586 → | 20 times |
ὁThe
hoG3588 →19766 times
θεὸςGod
theosG2316 →1312 times
τῶνof the
tonG3588 →19766 times
πατέρωνfathers
pateronG3962 →410 times
ἡμῶνof us
hemonG3165 →1936 times
ἤγειρενraised up
egeirenG1453 →142 times
ἸησοῦνJesus
iesounG2424 →908 times
ὃνwhom
honG3739 →1405 times
ὑμεῖςyou yourselves
humeisG4771 →2973 times
διεχειρίσασθεkilled
diecheirisastheG1315 →
κρεμάσαντεςhaving hanged [Him]
kremasantesG2910 →7 times
ἐπὶon
epiG1909 →883 times
ξύλου·a tree;
xulouG3586 →20 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
1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 53:4–6
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
- Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
- Romans 6:11
So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- Revelation 22:2
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month.…
- Isaiah 53:4–6
Through
Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Deuteronomy 21:23
you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must…
- Hebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 9:15
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…
- 1 Peter 2:24
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About Acts
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on Acts; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Retractions on Acts; Irenaeus, Against Heresies Book 3.12.5; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 13; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.