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

The very Guide to Life you put to death! But God raised him from the dead--and of that we are ourselves witnesses.

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--

A saviour

It was from this man's descendants that God, in accordance with his promise, gave Israel a Savior--Jesus;

She shall give birth to a son; and you shall give him the name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

This day there has been born to you, in the town of David, a Savior, who is Christ and Lord.

But the State of which we are citizens is in Heaven; and it is from Heaven that we are eagerly looking for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

To Titus, my true Child in our one Faith: May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Savior, bless you and give you peace.

Teach them not to contradict or to pilfer, but to show such praiseworthy fidelity in everything, as to recommend the teaching about God our Savior by all that they do.

But, when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for man were revealed, he saved us,

To those to whom, through the justice of our God and Savior Jesus Christ, there has been granted faith equally privileged with our own, from Simon Peter, a servant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ.

If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.

and advance in the love and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All glory be to him now and for ever.

Moreover, our eyes have seen--and we are testifying to the fact--that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

to the one God, our Saviour, be ascribed, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, glory, majesty, power, and dominion, as it was before time began, is now, and shall be for all time to come. Amen.

To give

For you, first, God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you, by turning each one of you from his wicked ways."

On hearing this statement, they said no more, but broke out into praise of God. "So even to the Gentiles," they exclaimed, "God has granted the repentance which leads to Life!"

And that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed on his authority to all the nations--beginning at Jerusalem.

And then all Israel shall be saved. As Scripture says--'From Zion will come the Deliverer; he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.

He should instruct his opponents in a gentle spirit; for, possibly, God may give them a repentance that will lead to a fuller knowledge of Truth,

Forgiveness

Therefore, repent and turn, that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,

I would, therefore, have you know, brothers, that through Jesus forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you,

But that you may know that the Son of Man has power to forgive sins on earth"--here he said to the paralyzed man--

'Though they have eyes, they may see without perceiving; And though they have ears, they may hear without understanding; Lest some day they should turn and be forgiven.'

Again Jesus said to them: "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me as his Messenger, so I am sending you."

When you forgive a man anything, I forgive him, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,

For in him, and through the shedding of his blood, we have found redemption in the pardon of our offenses.

And through whom we have found deliverance in the forgiveness of our sins.

General references

But that you may know that the Son of Man has power to forgive sins on earth"--here he said to the paralyzed man--

I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent."

Whenever they take you before the Synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defense will be, or what you will say;

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

But God raised him from the dead;