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使徒行传 3:15

你們殺了那‘生命的源頭’, 神卻使他從死人中復活。我們就是這件事的見證人。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostles;   Courage;   Ignorance;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Persecution;   Temple;   Testimony;   Zeal, Religious;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Mortality-Immortality;   Names;   Resurrection;   Titles and Names;   The Topic Concordance - Faith/faithfulness;   Jesus Christ;   Life;   Resurrection;   Suffering;   Witness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Human Nature of Christ, the;   Resurrection of Christ, the;   Titles and Names of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gospel;   Power;   Resurrection;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of;   Life;   Murder;   Resurrection;   Time;   Touch;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Prince;   Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Barabbas;   Captain;   Joseph;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Forgiveness;   Persecution in the Bible;   Prince;   Prince of Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Christianity;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Prince;   Resurrection;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Trinity;   Witness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Acts of the Apostles (2);   Annunciation, the ;   Atonement (2);   Author and Finisher;   Captain;   Christ, Christology;   Church (2);   Doxology;   Eschatology;   Gospel (2);   Gospels (2);   Guide;   Inspiration and Revelation;   Leading;   Mediation Mediator;   Mediator;   Preaching Christ;   Prince (2);   Resurrection of Christ;   Resurrection of Christ (2);   Revelation (2);   Sacrifice (2);   Saviour (2);   Supremacy;   Witness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Author;   23 Life Living;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - author of life, the;   names of our lord;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hour;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Names titles and offices of christ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Apostle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Author;   Captain;   Keys, Power of;   Life;   Prince;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Simon Cephas;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 20;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 们 杀 了 那 生 命 的 主 , 神 却 叫 他 从 死 里 复 活 了 ; 我 们 都 是 为 这 事 作 见 证 。

Contextual Overview

12 When Peter saw this, he said to them, "People of Israel, why are you surprised? You are looking at us as if it were our own power or goodness that made this man walk. 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, gave glory to Jesus, his servant. But you handed him over to be killed. Pilate decided to let him go free, but you told Pilate you did not want Jesus. 14 You did not want the One who is holy and good but asked Pilate to give you a murderer instead. 15 And so you killed the One who gives life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses to this. 16 It was faith in Jesus that made this crippled man well. You can see this man, and you know him. He was made completely well because of trust in Jesus, and you all saw it happen! 17 "Brothers and sisters, I know you did those things to Jesus because neither you nor your leaders understood what you were doing. 18 God said through the prophets that his Christ would suffer and die. And now God has made these things come true in this way. 19 So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins. Then the Lord will send the time of rest. 20 And he will send Jesus, the One he chose to be the Christ. 21 But Jesus must stay in heaven until the time comes when all things will be made right again. God told about this time long ago when he spoke through his holy prophets.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Prince: or, Author, John 1:4, John 4:10, John 4:14, John 5:26, John 10:28, John 11:25, John 11:26, John 14:6, John 17:2, Romans 8:1, Romans 8:2, 1 Corinthians 15:45, Colossians 3:3, Colossians 3:4, Hebrews 2:10, Hebrews 5:9, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:12, 1 John 5:20, Revelation 21:6, Revelation 22:1, Revelation 22:17

whom: Acts 2:24, Acts 2:32, Matthew 28:2-5, Ephesians 1:20

whereof: Acts 1:22, Acts 2:32, Acts 10:40, Acts 10:41, Acts 13:30-32

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:2 - kill it Psalms 16:10 - my Psalms 118:23 - the Lord's doing Daniel 9:25 - the Prince Matthew 10:1 - he gave Matthew 12:32 - whosoever Matthew 17:12 - Likewise Matthew 21:39 - slew Matthew 27:20 - should Luke 2:34 - and rising Luke 13:34 - and ye Luke 19:14 - General Luke 20:14 - let Luke 24:48 - General John 2:19 - I will John 10:18 - but John 14:1 - ye John 15:27 - ye also Acts 1:8 - and ye Acts 3:26 - having Acts 4:20 - the things Acts 4:33 - with Acts 5:28 - intend Acts 5:31 - a Prince Acts 7:52 - of whom Acts 10:39 - we are Acts 13:31 - who Acts 17:31 - in that Romans 1:4 - the Son Galatians 1:1 - raised 1 Thessalonians 1:10 - whom 1 Thessalonians 2:15 - killed Hebrews 2:4 - God Hebrews 13:20 - brought James 5:6 - have 1 Peter 1:21 - that raised 1 Peter 5:1 - and a 1 John 1:2 - and bear Revelation 11:3 - witnesses

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was the most clever of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day the snake said to the woman, "Did God really say that you must not eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"
Genesis 3:3
But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.'"
Genesis 3:4
But the snake said to the woman, "You will not die.
Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:7
Then, it was as if their eyes were opened. They realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made something to cover themselves.
Genesis 3:8
Then they heard the Lord God walking in the garden during the cool part of the day, and the man and his wife hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:10
The man answered, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:14
The Lord God said to the snake, "Because you did this, a curse will be put on you. You will be cursed as no other animal, tame or wild, will ever be. You will crawl on your stomach, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And killed the Prince of life,.... Or author of life, natural, spiritual, and eternal; who not only is the living God, and has life in himself; and as man, had such a power over his own life, as no man ever had; but he is the author of a spiritual resurrection from the death of sin, to a life of grace, and has procured eternal life for his people, and gives it to them. Now this Lord of life and glory they crucified. His death is laid to them because it was at their request, and through their instigation, and at their earnest solicitations, that Pilate condemned him, and delivered, him to his soldiers to crucify him.

Whom God hath raised from the dead; notwithstanding all their spite and malice; so that they had not their whole will, and all their end, not being able to retain him under the power of death, and under the shame and reproach of the cross; and this the apostle the rather mentions, as being the reason why such gifts, and such power were bestowed on them to do the miracles they did.

Whereof we are witnesses; either of Christ, for it may be rendered, "whose witnesses we are"; they testifying of his person, office, grace, and righteousness; or of the resurrection of Christ, of which they were eyewitnesses; and of which they had the fullest proof, and were capable of bearing a sufficient testimony, and for which they were chosen and appointed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And killed the Prince of life - The word rendered “prince” denotes properly “a military leader or commander.” Hence, in Hebrews 2:10, it is translated “captain:” “It became him ...to make the “Captain of their salvation” perfect through sufferings.” As a captain or commander leads on to victory and is said to obtain it, so the word comes to denote one who is the “cause,” the “author,” the “procurer,” etc. In this sense it is used, Acts 5:31, “Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel,” etc. In Hebrews 12:2 it is properly rendered author, “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” The word “author,” or “giver,” would express the meaning of the word here. It also implies that he has dominion over life; an idea, indeed, which is essentially connected with that of his being the author of it. The word “life” here is used in a large sense, as denoting “all manner of life.” In this sense it is used in reference to Christ in John 1:4, “In him was life.” Compare John 5:26; 1 John 5:11; 1 Corinthians 15:45. Jesus is here called the Prince of life in contrast with him whom the Jews demanded in his place, Barabbas. He was a murderer Luke 23:19; Mark 15:7, one who had destroyed life, and yet they demanded that he whose character it was to destroy life should be released, and the Author of life be put to death.

Whom God hath raised ... - Acts 2:24, Acts 2:32.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 3:15. And killed the Prince of life — τον αρχηγον της ζωης, The author of this life: not only implying that all life proceeds from Jesus Christ as its source, but that the life-giving influence of that religion which they were now proclaiming came all through him. αρχηγος signifies a prime leader or author, a captain, from αρχη, the beginning, head, or chief; and αγω I lead. In Hebrews 2:10, Christ is called αρχηγος της σωτηριας, the Captain of salvation. He teaches the doctrine of life and salvation, leads the way in which men should walk, and has purchased the eternal life and glory which are to be enjoyed at the end of the way. So the Jews preferred a son of death, a destroyer of life, to the Author and Procurer of life and immortality!

Whereof we are witnesses. — They had now wrought a most striking miracle in the name of Christ, and immediately proposed themselves as witnesses of his resurrection from the dead; the miracle which they had thus wrought being an unimpeachable proof of this resurrection.


 
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