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 commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

But by your hardness and your impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

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. Then every man will receive his praise from God.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done 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 the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being 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 said, "What would this idle babbler wish to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign 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 killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man stands before you healed.

The God of our fathers raised Jesuswhom you had killed by hanging him on a tree.

We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree;

But God raised him from the dead;

And he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should 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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For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

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

but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen,

But God raised him from the dead;

Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?

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