Acts 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

He shewed

1 John 1:1

Forty

Deuteronomy 9:9

1 Kings 19:8

Matthew 4:2

Speaking

Bible References

He shewed

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.

And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship.

She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;

That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

Forty

When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water.

So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

Speaking

Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.

And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.