Acts 5:31

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Acts 5:31

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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

A saviour

To give

Forgiveness

General references

Acts 13:30

Bible References

A prince

And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.

And they will be living in the land which I gave to Jacob, my servant, in which your fathers were living; and they will go on living there, they and their children and their children's children, for ever: and David, my servant, will be their ruler for ever.

Have then the certain knowledge that from the going out of the word for the building again of Jerusalem till the coming of a prince, on whom the holy oil has been put, will be seven weeks: in sixty-two weeks its building will be complete, with square and earthwork.

But I am going back to make war with the angel of Persia, and when I am gone, the angel of Greece will come. And there is no one on my side against these, but Michael, your angel.

And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;

A saviour

From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.

Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.

And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.

And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,

Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.

But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.

And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before all time and now and for ever. So be it.

To give

To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah:

And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.

And I will send down on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayer; and their eyes will be turned to the one who was wounded by their hands: and they will be weeping for him as for an only son, and their grief for him will be bitter, like the grief of one sorrowing for his oldest son.

And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.

And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:

Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

Forgiveness

So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;

And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you:

But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)

So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you.

But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;

In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

General references

But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:

And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

But God gave him back from the dead: