Acts 5:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

A prince

Acts 3:15

Revelation 1:5

A saviour

To give

2 Timothy 2:25

Forgiveness

General references

Acts 13:30

Bible References

A prince

and you killed the Prince of life, but God raised Him from the dead, to which fact we are witnesses.

and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Sovereign of the kings of the earth. To Him who ever loves us and once for all released us from our sins by His blood,

A saviour

It is from this man's descendants that God, as He promised, has brought to Israel a Saviour in the person of Jesus,

And she will have a son, and you must name Him Jesus, for it is He who is to save His people from their sins."

for today, in the town of David, a Saviour for you has been born, who is to be your Messiah and Lord.

But we are citizens of the republic in heaven, from which we are eagerly waiting for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.

to Titus, my genuine child in our common faith: be spiritual blessing and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

to stop resisting them and stealing from them, but to show such perfect fidelity as to adorn, in everything they do, the teaching of God our Saviour.

But when the goodness and lovingkindness of God our Saviour were brought to light,

Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have obtained the same precious faith that we have:

For if, after men have escaped the corrupting ways of the world through a full knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are conquered by them, then their last condition is worse than their former one.

but instead, you must continue to grow in the spiritual strength and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be glory now and forever!

We have seen and now testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Saviour of the world.

to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, might, and authority, as it was before all time, both now and forever and ever. Amen.

To give

It was to you first that He sent His Servant, after raising Him from the dead, to bless you by causing every one of you to turn from his wicked ways."

When they heard this, they had no answer to make, but gave God the glory, saying, "So God has given even the heathen the repentance that leads to life."

and that in His name repentance as the condition for the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the nations. Beginning at Jerusalem

and so in that way all Israel will be saved, just as the Scripture says: "From Zion the Deliverer will come; He will remove ungodliness from Jacob;

With gentleness he must correct his opponents, for God might grant them repentance that would lead them to a full knowledge of the truth,

Forgiveness

So now repent and turn to Him, to have your sins wiped out, that times of revival may come from the presence of the Lord,

So, my brothers, you must understand that through Him the forgiveness of your sins is now proclaimed to you,

But to show you that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth," turning to the paralyzed man He said,

'They may look and look and yet not see, And listen and listen and yet not understand, Lest, perchance, they should turn and be forgiven.'"

Jesus again said to them, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father has sent me forth, so I am now sending you."

The man that you forgive I too forgive. For if I have forgiven him anything, it is what I have forgiven him in the very presence of Christ for your sake,

It is through union with Him that we have redemption by His blood and the forgiveness of our shortcomings, in accordance with the generosity of His unmerited favor

by whom we possess the ransom from captivity, which means the forgiveness of our sins.

General references

But to show you that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth," turning to the paralyzed man He said,

It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite to repentance."

Now when they are bringing you before the synagogues or the magistrates or the authorities, never worry about how to defend yourselves, or what to say,

and how the high priests and leading men turned Him over to be sentenced to death, and had Him crucified.

But God raised Him from the dead,