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He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. <a href="/nlt/acts/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God. <a href="/esv/acts/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. <a href="/bsb/acts/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. <a href="/blb/acts/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering with many proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God. <a href="/kjv/acts/1.htm">King James Bible</a> To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: <a href="/nkjv/acts/1.htm">New King James Version</a> to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. <a href="/nasb_/acts/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of things regarding the kingdom of God. <a href="/nasb/acts/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. <a href="/nasb77/acts/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> To these He also presented Himself alive, after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. <a href="/lsb/acts/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over forty days and speaking about the things concerning the kingdom of God. <a href="/amp/acts/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> To these [men] He also showed Himself alive after His suffering [in Gethsemane and on the cross], by [a series of] many infallible proofs and unquestionable demonstrations, appearing to them over a period of forty days and talking to them about the things concerning the kingdom of God. <a href="/csb/acts/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. <a href="/hcsb/acts/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> After He had suffered, He also presented Himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God. <a href="/asv/acts/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> to whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God: <a href="/cev/acts/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> For 40 days after Jesus had suffered and died, he proved in many ways that he had been raised from death. He appeared to his apostles and spoke to them about God's kingdom. <a href="/erv/acts/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> To whom he also shewed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God: <a href="/gwt/acts/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> After his death Jesus showed the apostles a lot of convincing evidence that he was alive. For 40 days he appeared to them and talked with them about the kingdom of God. <a href="/gnt/acts/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> For forty days after his death he appeared to them many times in ways that proved beyond doubt that he was alive. They saw him, and he talked with them about the Kingdom of God. <a href="/isv/acts/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> After he had suffered, he had shown himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during a period of 40 days and telling them about the kingdom of God. <a href="/msb/acts/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. <a href="/net/acts/1.htm">NET Bible</a> To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God. <a href="/nheb/acts/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God's Kingdom. <a href="/wbt/acts/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: <a href="/wey/acts/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He had also, after He suffered, shown Himself alive to them with many sure proofs, appearing to them at intervals during forty days, and speaking of the Kingdom of God. <a href="/web/acts/1.htm">World English Bible</a> To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, in many certain proofs, being seen by them through forty days, and speaking the things concerning the Kingdom of God. <a href="/blb/acts/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering with many proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God. <a href="/ylt/acts/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> to whom also he did present himself alive after his suffering, in many certain proofs, through forty days being seen by them, and speaking the things concerning the reign of God. <a href="/slt/acts/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> To them also he presented himself living, after he suffered, by many infallible signs, through forty days seen to them, and speaking the things of the kingdom of God:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion, by many proofs, for forty days appearing to them, and speaking of the kingdom of God. <a href="/cpdv/acts/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> He also presented himself alive to them, after his Passion, appearing to them throughout forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God with many elucidations. <a href="/nabre/acts/1.htm">New American Bible</a> He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The very ones to whom he had also shown himself alive, after he had suffered, with many wonders during the forty days, while appearing to them and talking with them concerning the kingdom of God: <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Those to whom also he showed himself alive, after he had suffered, by many signs for forty days when he was appearing to them, and he spoke about The Kingdom of God.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> To whom, after he had suffered, he also showed himself alive, by many indubitable proofs; appearing to them for forty days, and speaking of the things that pertain to the kingdom of God. <a href="/godbey/acts/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> To whom He also, after He suffered, manifested Himself alive in many testimonials, being seen by them forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God: <a href="/haweis/acts/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> to whom also he had shewed himself alive, after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, during forty days being frequently seen by them, and speaking of the things which relate to the kingdom of God: <a href="/mace/acts/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion, of which they had many proofs, during the forty days he appear'd to them, and inform'd them about the reign of the Messias: <a href="/wey/acts/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He had also, after He suffered, shown Himself alive to them with many sure proofs, appearing to them at intervals during forty days, and speaking of the Kingdom of God. <a href="/worrell/acts/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> to whom He also presented Himself alive, after He suffered, by many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking the things concerning the Kingdom of God. <a href="/worsley/acts/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> to whom also He presented Himself alive, after He had suffered, by many certain proofs; being seen among them for forty days, and speaking of the things relating to the kingdom of God. <a href="/parallel/acts/1-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=15" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/1.htm">Prologue</a> …2until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen. 3<a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">After</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3958.htm" title="3958: pathein (V-ANA) -- I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. ">suffering,</a> <a href="/greek/3936.htm" title="3936: parestēsen (V-AIA-3S) -- Or prolonged paristano from para and histemi; to stand beside, i.e. to exhibit, proffer, recommend, substantiate; or to be at hand, aid.">He presented</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heauton (RefPro-AM3S) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">Himself</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hois (RelPro-DMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">to them</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">with</a> <a href="/greek/4183.htm" title="4183: pollois (Adj-DNP) -- Much, many; often. ">many</a> <a href="/greek/5039.htm" title="5039: tekmēriois (N-DNP) -- A sign, certain proof. Neuter of a presumed derivative of tekmar; a token, i.e. Criterion of certainty.">convincing proofs</a> <a href="/greek/2198.htm" title="2198: zōnta (V-PPA-AMS) -- To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.">that He was alive.</a> <a href="/greek/3700.htm" title="3700: optanomenos (V-PPM/P-NMS) -- A prolonged form of the primary optomai; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of horao; to gaze.">He appeared</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">to them</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: di’ (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">over a span</a> <a href="/greek/5062.htm" title="5062: tesserakonta (Adj-GFP) -- Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.">of forty</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmerōn (N-GFP) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">days</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">spoke</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4012.htm" title="4012: peri (Prep) -- From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.">about</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/932.htm" title="932: basileias (N-GFS) -- From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. rule, or a realm.">kingdom</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God.</a> 4And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">1 Corinthians 15:3-8</a> For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, / that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, / and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve. ... <a href="/luke/24-36.htm">Luke 24:36-43</a> While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” / But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit. / “Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts? ... <a href="/matthew/28-16.htm">Matthew 28:16-20</a> Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated. / When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted. / Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. ... <a href="/john/20-19.htm">John 20:19-29</a> It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them. / After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. / Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.” ... <a href="/mark/16-9.htm">Mark 16:9-14</a> Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons. / She went and told those who had been with Him, who were mourning and weeping. / And when they heard that Jesus was alive and she had seen Him, they did not believe it. ... <a href="/luke/24-13.htm">Luke 24:13-35</a> That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. / They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. / And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them. ... <a href="/john/21-1.htm">John 21:1-14</a> Later, by the Sea of Tiberias, Jesus again revealed Himself to the disciples. He made Himself known in this way: / Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. / Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night. ... <a href="/john/14-19.htm">John 14:19</a> In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live. <a href="/john/16-16.htm">John 16:16-22</a> In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.” / Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” / They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.” ... <a href="/matthew/17-9.htm">Matthew 17:9</a> As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” <a href="/luke/9-22.htm">Luke 9:22</a> “The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.” <a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-22</a> Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” / “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” / But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body. ... <a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a> For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. <a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a> For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10-12</a> Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. / After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. / Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:he shewed.<a href="/acts/13-31.htm">Acts 13:31</a> And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.<a href="/matthew/28-9.htm">Matthew 28:9,16</a> And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him… <a href="/mark/16-10.htm">Mark 16:10-14</a> And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept… forty.<a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Deuteronomy 9:9,18</a> When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: … <a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8</a> And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a> And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.speaking.<a href="/acts/28-31.htm">Acts 28:31</a> Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.<a href="/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44,45</a> And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever… <a href="/matthew/3-2.htm">Matthew 3:2</a> And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/21-23.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/john/21-14.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/john/8-13.htm">Appearing</a> <a href="/john/19-10.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/john/2-20.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/john/12-43.htm">God's</a> <a href="/john/18-36.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/john/2-17.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/matthew/1-11.htm">Period</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-32.htm">Pertaining</a> <a href="/luke/6-5.htm">Presented</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-21.htm">Proofs</a> <a href="/john/21-14.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/john/21-14.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/john/10-32.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/john/20-30.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/john/21-19.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/luke/24-26.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/john/15-21.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/john/21-12.htm">Sure</a> <a href="/acts/1-1.htm">Teaching</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/7-19.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/acts/2-3.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/acts/2-20.htm">Appearing</a> <a href="/acts/3-18.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/acts/4-22.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">God's</a> <a href="/acts/1-6.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/romans/1-27.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/acts/3-21.htm">Period</a> <a href="/romans/4-1.htm">Pertaining</a> <a href="/acts/6-6.htm">Presented</a> <a href="/acts/9-22.htm">Proofs</a> <a href="/acts/3-18.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/acts/7-26.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/acts/3-18.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/acts/2-19.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/acts/2-6.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/acts/13-18.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/acts/12-11.htm">Sure</a> <a href="/acts/2-42.htm">Teaching</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 1</div>1. <a href="/acts/1-1.htm">Christ, preparing his apostles to the beholding of his ascension, .</a> 4. <a href="/acts/1-4.htm">gathers them together unto the Mount of Olives, </a> 6. <a href="/acts/1-6.htm">commands them to expect in Jerusalem the sending down of the Holy Spirit, </a> 9. <a href="/acts/1-9.htm">and ascends into heaven in their sight</a> 10. <a href="/acts/1-10.htm">After his ascension they are warned by two angels to depart, and to set their minds upon his second coming.</a> 12. <a href="/acts/1-12.htm">They accordingly return, and, giving themselves to prayer, </a> 23. <a href="/acts/1-23.htm">choose Matthias apostle in the place of Judas.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His suffering was prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, where the Messiah is described as a suffering servant. The suffering of Jesus is also a fulfillment of the sacrificial system in the Old Testament, where the blood of a spotless lamb was required for atonement (<a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a>, <a href="/leviticus/16.htm">Leviticus 16</a>). This suffering was necessary for the redemption of humanity, as it satisfied the justice of God and demonstrated His love (<a href="/romans/5-8.htm">Romans 5:8</a>).He presented Himself to them After His resurrection, Jesus made Himself known to His disciples and followers. This presentation was crucial for establishing the truth of His resurrection, which is the cornerstone of Christian belief (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-14.htm">1 Corinthians 15:14</a>). The appearances were not just spiritual but physical, as Jesus invited Thomas to touch His wounds (<a href="/john/20-27.htm">John 20:27</a>). This physical presentation underscores the reality of the resurrection, countering any claims that it was merely a spiritual or metaphorical event.with many convincing proofs that He was alive The convincing proofs included Jesus eating with His disciples (<a href="/luke/24-42.htm">Luke 24:42-43</a>), allowing them to touch Him (<a href="/john/20-27.htm">John 20:27</a>), and performing miracles (<a href="/john/21-6.htm">John 21:6</a>). These proofs were necessary to dispel doubt and to confirm the truth of His resurrection. The Greek word for "proofs" (tekmerion) implies evidence that is undeniable and conclusive. This was important for the early church, as the resurrection was a foundational truth that needed to be established beyond doubt.He appeared to them over a span of forty days The forty days is significant in biblical numerology, often representing periods of testing, trial, or preparation (e.g., Moses on Mount Sinai, <a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18</a>; Israel's wandering, <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>; Jesus' temptation, <a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>). During this time, Jesus prepared His disciples for their mission to spread the gospel. The forty days also provided ample opportunity for Jesus to appear to many people, further validating His resurrection (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-6.htm">1 Corinthians 15:6</a>).and spoke about the kingdom of God The kingdom of God was a central theme of Jesus' teaching throughout His ministry (<a href="/matthew/4-17.htm">Matthew 4:17</a>, <a href="/mark/1-15.htm">Mark 1:15</a>). After His resurrection, He continued to instruct His disciples on this topic, emphasizing the spiritual nature of the kingdom and their role in its expansion. The kingdom of God refers to God's sovereign rule and reign, which was inaugurated through Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. It is both a present reality and a future hope, as believers await its full realization (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure of this passage, who, after His resurrection, appeared to His disciples to confirm His victory over death and to teach them about the kingdom of God. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> The followers of Jesus who witnessed His post-resurrection appearances and received His teachings during the forty days. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_kingdom_of_god.htm">The Kingdom of God</a> The central theme of Jesus' teachings during this period, emphasizing the spiritual reign of God and the fulfillment of His promises. 4. <a href="/topical/f/forty_days.htm">Forty Days</a> The period during which Jesus appeared to His disciples, symbolizing a time of preparation and transition, similar to other significant biblical events (e.g., Moses on Mount Sinai, Jesus' temptation in the wilderness). 5. <a href="/topical/c/convincing_proofs.htm">Convincing Proofs</a> The evidence Jesus provided to His disciples to affirm His resurrection, strengthening their faith and preparing them for their mission.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_the_resurrection.htm">The Reality of the Resurrection</a> The resurrection of Jesus is a historical and foundational truth of the Christian faith, supported by many convincing proofs. Believers can have confidence in the reality of the resurrection and its implications for eternal life. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_the_kingdom_of_god.htm">The Importance of the Kingdom of God</a> Jesus' teachings about the kingdom of God during the forty days highlight its centrality in His mission. Christians are called to seek first the kingdom and live as its ambassadors in the world. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_mission.htm">Preparation for Mission</a> The forty days served as a time of preparation for the disciples, equipping them for their mission. Believers today are also called to be prepared and equipped for the work God has for them. <a href="/topical/f/faith_strengthened_by_evidence.htm">Faith Strengthened by Evidence</a> Jesus provided evidence to strengthen the faith of His disciples. Christians can be assured that their faith is not blind but is supported by historical and spiritual truths. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_witnesses.htm">The Role of Witnesses</a> The disciples were witnesses to the resurrection and were tasked with spreading the message. Believers are also called to be witnesses of Christ's resurrection and His transformative power in their lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 1</a> <a href="/q/non-biblical_proof_of_jesus'_40-day_return.htm">(Acts 1:3) Are there any sources outside the Bible that confirm Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances for forty days? </a> <a href="/q/is_jesus_currently_living.htm">Is Jesus currently living?</a> <a href="/q/day_35_insights_on_spiritual_growth.htm">What insights does Day 35 offer on spiritual growth?</a> <a href="/q/key_events_in_acts.htm">What are the key events in the Book of Acts?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) After his passion.--Literally, after He had suffered. The English somewhat anticipates the later special sense of "passion."By many infallible proofs.--There is no adjective in the Greek answering to "infallible," but the noun is one which was used by writers on rhetoric (e.g., Aristotle, Rhet. i. 2) for proofs that carried certainty of conviction with them, as contrasted with those that were only probable or circumstantial. No other New Testament writer uses it.Being seen of them forty days.--St. Luke uses a peculiar and unusual word (it occurs twice in the LXX.: <a href="/1_kings/8-8.htm" title="And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are to this day.">1Kings 8:8</a>, and <a href="//apocrypha.org/tobit/12-19.htm" title="All these days I did appear unto you; but I did neither eat nor drink, but ye did see a vision.">Tobit 12:19</a>) for "being seen," perhaps with the wish to imply that the presence was not continuous, and that our Lord was seen only at intervals. This may be noted as the only passage which gives the time between the Resurrection and the Ascension. It had its counterpart in the forty days of the Temptation in the wilderness (<a href="/luke/4-2.htm" title="Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungry.">Luke 4:2</a>), as that had had in the earlier histories of Moses (<a href="/exodus/24-18.htm" title="And Moses went into the middle of the cloud, and got him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.">Exodus 24:18</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm" title="When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I stayed in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:">Deuteronomy 9:9</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/9-18.htm" title="And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which you sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.">Deuteronomy 9:18</a>) and Elijah (<a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm" title="And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.">1Kings 19:8</a>). There was a certain symbolic fitness in the time of triumph on earth coinciding with that of special conflict. If we ask what was the character, if one may so speak, of our Lord's risen life between His manifestation to the disciples, the history of the earlier forty days in part suggests the answer. Then, as before, the life was, we may believe, one of solitude and communion with His Father, no longer tried and tempted, as it had then been, by contact with the power of evil--a life of intercession, such as that which uttered itself in the great prayer of John 17. Where the days and nights were spent we can only reverently conjecture. Analogy suggests the desert places and mountain heights or Galilee (<a href="/luke/4-42.htm" title="And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came to him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.">Luke 4:42</a>; <a href="/luke/6-12.htm" title="And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.">Luke 6:12</a>). The mention of Bethany in <a href="/luke/24-50.htm" title="And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.">Luke 24:50</a>, and of the Mount of Olives in <a href="/acts/1-12.htm" title="Then returned they to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.">Acts 1:12</a>, makes it probable that Gethsemane may have been one of the scenes that witnessed the joy of the victory, as it had witnessed before the agony of the conflict. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - Proofs for infallible proofs, A.V.; appearing unto them for seen of, A.V.; concerning for pertaining to, A.V. The addition of the words by many proofs makes it necessary to understand the words allowed himself (παρέστησεν ἑαυτόν) in the sense which it bears both in classic and Scriptural Greek, of proved or demon-strafed: "To whom he gave distinct proofs of his being alive after his passion;" the proofs follow - being "seen of them" for forty days at intervals, talking with them, and (ver. 9) "being taken up while they were looking." Doubtless, too, he had in his mind those other proofs which he records in <a href="/acts/10-41.htm">Acts 10:41</a>, and those referred to by St. Paul (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-5.htm">1 Corinthians 15:5-8</a>). For this sense of παρίστημι, see <a href="/acts/24-13.htm">Acts 24:13</a>, "to rove:" and Lysias's 'Oration against Eratosthenes' (p. 125), where the almost identical phrase occurs which we have here, Ἀμφότερα ταῦτα πολλοῖς τεκμηρίοις παραστήσω, "I will prove both these things by many certain proofs." The A.V. rendering, "infallible proofs," was quite justified. Stephanus says, "De certo et indubitato signo dicitur apud Rhetoricos" ('Thesaurus,' 9216); and the technical meaning of τεκμήριον in Aristotle is a "demonstrative proof," as opposed to a σημεῖον, which leaves room for doubt; and in medical writers, which is important as regards St. Luke, the τεκμήριον is the "infallible symptom." St. Luke, by the use of the word here, undoubtedly meant to express the certainty of the conclusion based on those proofs. Appearing unto them. The Greek ὀπτανόμενος, corresponding to the φανερωθεὶς of the Epistle of Barnabas, cap. 15, only occurs in the New Testament in this place. In the Septuagint of <a href="/1_kings/8-8.htm">1 Kings 8:8</a> it is used of the staves of the ark within the veil, which "were not seen without." The idea intended to be conveyed, both by the use of this verb and by the use of διὰ (by the space of), is that our Lord was not with the apostles always, as he was before the Resurrection, but that he came and again disappeared (St. Chrysostom). They were fleeting appearances spread over forty days. The nearly related substantive, ὀπτασία, means "a vision," and is frequently used by St. <a href="/luke/1-22.htm">Luke 1:22</a>; <a href="/luke/24-23.htm">Luke 24:23</a>; 26:19. It is also found in <a href="/2_corinthians/12.htm">2 Corinthians 12</a>:l. Concerning the kingdom of God; a subject which had deeply engaged their thoughts (<a href="/luke/19-11.htm">Luke 19:11</a>), and on which it was most needful that they should now be fully instructed, that they might teach others (<a href="/acts/20-25.htm">Acts 20:25</a>). <a href="/commentaries/acts/1-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>After μετὰ (meta) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. His αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. suffering, παθεῖν (pathein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_3958.htm">Strong's 3958: </a> I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. He presented παρέστησεν (parestēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3936.htm">Strong's 3936: </a> Or prolonged paristano from para and histemi; to stand beside, i.e. to exhibit, proffer, recommend, substantiate; or to be at hand, aid. Himself ἑαυτὸν (heauton) Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> Himself, herself, itself. to [them] οἷς (hois) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. with ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. many πολλοῖς (pollois) Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4183.htm">Strong's 4183: </a> Much, many; often. convincing proofs τεκμηρίοις (tekmēriois) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5039.htm">Strong's 5039: </a> A sign, certain proof. Neuter of a presumed derivative of tekmar; a token, i.e. Criterion of certainty. [that] He was alive. ζῶντα (zōnta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2198.htm">Strong's 2198: </a> To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live. He appeared ὀπτανόμενος (optanomenos) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3700.htm">Strong's 3700: </a> A prolonged form of the primary optomai; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of horao; to gaze. to them αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. over [a span ] δι’ (di’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. of forty τεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5062.htm">Strong's 5062: </a> Forty. The decade of tessares; forty. days ἡμερῶν (hēmerōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. spoke λέγων (legōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. about περὶ (peri) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4012.htm">Strong's 4012: </a> From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. kingdom βασιλείας (basileias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_932.htm">Strong's 932: </a> From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. rule, or a realm. of God. Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/1-3.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 1:3 To these he also showed himself alive (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/1-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 1:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 1:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/1-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 1:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 1:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>