Acts 1:3

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“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 1:3 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.
  2. Deuteronomy 9:18Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
  3. 1 Kings 19:8So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
  4. Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
  5. Matthew 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
  6. Matthew 4:2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
  7. Matthew 21:43Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
  8. Matthew 28:9Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.
  9. Matthew 28:16Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.
  10. Mark 16:10She went and told those who had been with Him, who were mourning and weeping.
  11. Luke 17:20When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
  12. Luke 24:1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
  13. John 20:1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
  14. John 20:26Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
  15. John 21:1Later, by the Sea of Tiberias, Jesus again revealed Himself to the disciples. He made Himself known in this way:
  16. John 21:14This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.
  17. Acts 13:31and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
  18. Acts 28:31Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
  19. Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  20. 1 Corinthians 15:5and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
  21. Colossians 1:13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
  22. 1 Thessalonians 2:12encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
  23. 1 John 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

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