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 many days he appeared to those who had come with him to Jerusalem from Galilee. These are now his witnesses to the people.

Suddenly, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" They went up to him, took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.

She went and told those who had been with Jesus and who now were grieving and crying.

and he was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

What existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands this is the Word of life!

Forty

Then I went up to the mountain to receive the two stone Tablets of the Covenant that the LORD had established with you. I stayed on the mountain for 40 days and nights without eating food or drinking water.

So Elijah got up, ate and drank, and survived on that one meal for 40 days and nights as he set out on his journey to Horeb, God's mountain.

After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, he finally became hungry.

Speaking

He continued to preach about the kingdom of God and to teach boldly and freely about the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

"During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor its sovereignty left in the hands of another people. It will shatter and crush all of these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

"Repent, because the kingdom from heaven is near!"

That is why I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce fruit for it.

Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come. He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with a visible display.

Then he told them, "These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to be fulfilled."

For God's kingdom does not consist of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy produced by the Holy Spirit.

God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,

We comforted and encouraged you, urging you to live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.