Acts 17:31

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Summary

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

He hath appointed

In that

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He hath appointed

And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.

“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.

For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom:

But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,

In that

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

but put to death the

Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that

by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross.

We are witnesses of all the things He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross.

But God raised Him from the dead;

and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

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And He will judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.

For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.

For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

God raised Him up on the third day and granted that He become visible,

But God raised Him from the dead;

Why is it considered incredible among you people if God does raise the dead?

and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.