Acts 3:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

God of abraham

Hath

Whom

General references

Acts 13:28

Bible References

God of abraham

The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, whom you put to death by hanging him on a cross.

'I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses trembled, and did not dare to look.

'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead men, but of living."

It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the Promised Land--as in a strange country--living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

Hath

And now that he has been exalted to the right hand of God, and has received from the Father the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, he has begun to pour out that gift, as you yourselves now see and hear.

It is this Jesus whom God has exalted to his right hand, to be a Guide and a Savior, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.

Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does any one fully know the Son, except the Father, or fully know the Father, except the Son and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal him.

Then Jesus came up, and spoke to them thus: "All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.

The Father himself does not judge any man, but has 'entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,'

(By this he meant the Spirit, which those who had believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been exalted.)

His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in Scripture, and that they had done these things for him.

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said: "Now the Son of Man has been exalted, and God has been exalted through him;

He will honor me; because he will take of what is mine, and will tell it to you.

After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes heaven-wards, and said: "Father, the hour has come; honor thy Son, that thy Son may honor thee;

The same mighty power was exerted upon the Christ, when he raised the Christ from the dead and 'caused him to sit at his right hand' on high, exalting him above all Angels and Archangels of every rank,

And that is why God raised him to the very highest place, and gave him the Name which stands above all other names,

What our eyes do see is Jesus, who was made for a while lower than angels, now, because of his sufferings and death, crowned with glory and honour; so that his tasting the bitterness of death should, in God's loving-kindness, be on behalf of all mankind.

and from Jesus Christ, ' the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead, and the Ruler of all the Kings of the earth.' To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his own blood--

Whom

He, I say, in accordance with God's definite plan and with his previous knowledge, was betrayed, and you, by the hands of lawless men, nailed him to a cross and put him to death.

The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, whom you put to death by hanging him on a cross.

The people of Jerusalem and their leading men, failing to recognize Jesus, and not understanding the utterances of the Prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

They put him in chains and led him away, and gave him up to the Roman Governor, Pilate.

But the Chief Priests incited the crowd to get Barabbas released instead.

So I shall have him scourged, and then release him."

"No, not this man," they shouted again, "but Barabbas!" This Barabbas was a robber.

At that the people shouted: "Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!" "What! shall I crucify your King?" exclaimed Pilate. "We have no King but the Emperor," replied the Chief Priests;

General references

The little girl stood up at once, and began to walk about; for she was twelve years old. And, as soon as they saw it, they were overwhelmed with amazement;

This corner-stone has come from the Lord, and is marvelous in our eyes.'"

And how the Chief Priests and our leading men gave him up to be sentenced to death, and afterwards crucified him.

"No, not this man," they shouted again, "but Barabbas!" This Barabbas was a robber.

They found no ground at all for putting him to death, and yet demanded his execution from Pilate;