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 And without finding cause of death in him, yet they asked Pilate that he should be slain.

29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a sepulchre.

30 But God raised him from the dead,

31 and he was seen many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who until now are his witnesses unto the people.

32 And we declare unto you the gospel of the promise which was made unto the fathers,