Acts 13:30

30 But God raised him from the dead.

Acts 13:30 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 13:30

But God raised him from the dead.
] Though his life was taken away by man, and it was a clear case that he was certainly dead, and he was taken down from the cross as such, and buried; yet he could not be held with the cords of death, but God the Father raised him from the dead by his power. The Vulgate Latin version adds, "the third day".

Acts 13:30 In-Context

28 The people and their rulers had no reason at all for sentencing Jesus to death. But they asked Pilate to have him killed.

29 They did everything that had been written about Jesus. Then they took him down from the cross. They laid him in a tomb.

30 But God raised him from the dead.

31 For many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. Now they are his witnesses to our people.

32 "We are telling you the good news. What God promised our people long ago