Acts 1:3; Acts 3:18; Acts 9:16; Acts 17:3; Acts 28:5 (New American Standard)

3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. 18 "But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. 16 for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name's sake." 3 explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ." 5 However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.