The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
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Gill's Exposition
Him hath God exalted with his right hand,.... Not at his right hand, though he is exalted to it, and is set down at it, but with, or by his right hand; that is, by his power: for being by him raised…
Barnes' Notes
Raised up Jesus - This refers to his resurrection. Hanged on a tree - That is, on the “cross,” Gal 3:13; 1Pe 2:24; Act 10:39; Act 13:29. This is the amount of Peter’s defense. He begins with the great…
Adam Clarke
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus - It was well to introduce this, that the council might at once see that they preached no strange God; and that he who so highly honored the patriarchs, Moses,…
We are not told what it was that the apostles preached to the people; no doubt it was according to the direction of the angel - the words of this life; but what passed between them and the council we…
Cambridge Bible
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus As Peter did in Act 3:13, so here the Apostles point out that there is no severance of themselves from the worship of the Covenant God of Israel, but that they…
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