Act 10:39-41 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 39. And we are witnesses . We who are apostles. . In the land of the Jews . In the country of Judea. Whom they slew , etc. Our translation would seem to imply that there were two separate acts--first slaying him, and then suspending him. But this is neither according to truth nor to the Greek text. The original is simply, "whom they put to death, suspending him on a tree." On a tree . On a cross. . (h) "we are witnesses" ( ) "tree" "cross"

Acts 10:39-41

Verse 39. And we are witnesses. We who are apostles. Lk 24:48.

In the land of the Jews. In the country of Judea.

Whom they slew, etc. Our translation would seem to imply that there were two separate acts--first slaying him, and then suspending him. But this is neither according to truth nor to the Greek text. The original is simply, "whom they put to death, suspending him on a tree."

On a tree. On a cross. Acts 5:30.

(h) "we are witnesses" Lk 24:48, Acts 2:32 ( ) "tree" "cross" Verse 40. Shewed him openly. Manifestly; so that there could be no deception, no doubt of his resurrection.

(a) "raised up the third day" Mt 28:1,2 Verse 41. Not to all the people. Not to the nation at large; for this was not necessary in order to establish the truth of his resurrection. He, however, showed himself to many persons. See the Harmony of the accounts of the resurrection of Jesus, at the close of the Notes on Matthew.

Chosen of God. Appointed by God, or set apart by his authority through Jesus Christ.

Who did eat and drink, etc. And by doing this he furnished the clearest possible proof that he was truly risen; and that they were not deceived by an illusion of the imagination, or by a phantasm. Compare Jn 21:12,13.

(b) "Not to all people" Jn 14:22 Joh 20 Joh 21 (c) "before of God" Jn 15:16