Acts 13:31
And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
Acts 13:31 in other translations
| BSB | 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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| WEB | and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people. |
| 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. |
| YLT | and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. |
| DARBY | who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people. |
| BBE | And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people. |
| Webster | And he was seen many days by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people. |
What does Acts 13:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 13:26-31
26-31. 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.
Barnes' Notes
Many days Forty day, Acts 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.
(i) "seen many days" Acts 1:3
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 13:14-31
When we come together to worship God, we must do it, not only by prayer and praise, but by the reading and hearing of the word of God. The bare reading of the Scriptures in public assemblies is not enough; they should be expounded, and the people exhorted out of them. This is helping people in doing that which is necessary to make the word profitable, to apply it to themselves. Every thing is touched upon in this…
Acts 13:31 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 13:31
- Luke 24:48
And ye are witnesses of these things.
- Acts 1:3
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
- Acts 1:8
But 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 Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
- 1 Corinthians 15:5-7
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
- Matthew 28:16
Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
- Acts 1:11
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
- Mark 16:12-14
After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
- Acts 5:32
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
- Hebrews 2:3-4
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
- John 15:27
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
- Acts 10:39
And 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:
- John 21:1-14
After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. …
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1:3,11; 10:41; Mt 28:16; Mr 16:12-14; Lu 24:36-42; Joh 20:19-29
Joh 21:1-14; 1Co 15:5-7
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1:8,22; 2:32; 3:15; 5:32; 10:39; Lu 24:48; Joh 15:27; Heb 2:3,4
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Context
- Acts 13:30
But God raised him from the dead:
- Acts 13:31
And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
- Acts 13:32
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
Acts 13:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y él fué visto por muchos días de los que habían subido juntamente con él de Galilea á Jerusalem, los cuales son sus testigos al pueblo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il a été vu pendant plusieurs jours par ceux qui étaient montés avec lui de la Galilée à Jérusalem, qui sont maintenant ses témoins auprès du peuple. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und er ist mehrere Tage hindurch denen erschienen, die mit ihm hinaufgezogen waren von Galiläa nach Jerusalem, welche jetzt seine Zeugen an das Volk sind. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui simul ascenderant cum eo de Galilæa in Jerusalem: qui usque nunc sunt testes ejus ad plebem. |