King James Version
Acts 13:31 in the King James Version says “And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the peopl...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.”
Acts 13:31 · KJV
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
But God raised him from the dead:
And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“was seen”
G3700to gaze (i.e., with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from g0991, which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from g1
“many”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“days”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“to”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“witnesses”
G3144a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr"
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“the people”
G2992a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)
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