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Acts 5:30

5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

KJV

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew and hanged on a tree.

5:31 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.

What does Acts 5:30 mean?

Acts 5:30 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include θεός (theos), ἐγώ (hemon), πατήρ (pater).

Greek interlinear

The

Godθεόςtheos/theh'-os/G2316of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).

of

ourἐγώhemon/hay-mone'/G2257genitive case plural of 1473; of (or from) us:--our (company), us, we.

fathersπατήρpater/pat-ayr'/G3962apparently a primary word; a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote):--father, parent.

raised

upἐγείρωegeiro/eg-i'-ro/G1453probably akin to the base of 58 (through the idea of collecting one's faculties); to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence):--awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up.

Jesus,ἸησοῦςIesous/ee-ay-sooce'/G2424of Hebrew origin (3091); Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites:--Jesus.

whomὅς ἥ ὅhosG3739he hay, and neuter ho ho probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.

yeσύhumeis/hoo-mice'/G5210irregular plural of 4771; you (as subjective of verb):--ye (yourselves), you.

slewδιαχειρίζωdiacheirizomai/dee-akh-i-rid'-zom-ahee/G1315from 1223 and a derivative of 5495; to handle thoroughly, i.e. lay violent hands upon:--kill, slay.

and

hangedκρεμάννυμιkremannumi/krem-an'-noo-mee/G2910a prolonged form of a primary verb; to hang:--hang.

onἐπίepi/ep-ee'/G1909a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.:--about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).

a

tree.ξύλονxulon/xoo'-lon/G3586from another form of the base of 3582; timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance:--staff, stocks, tree, wood.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Acts 5:30 say?

Acts 5:30 (King James Version) reads: "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree."

Is Acts 5:30 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 5:30 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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