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 Even though they didn't find a single legal basis for the death penalty, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

29 When they finished doing everything that had been written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.

30 But God raised him from the dead!

31 He appeared over many days to those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to the people.

32 “We proclaim to you the good news. What God promised to our ancestors,