King James Version
Acts 3:15 in the King James Version says “And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. Prince: or, Author” — study this verse from Acts chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. Prince: or, Author”
Acts 3:15 · KJV
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. Prince: or, Author
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“hath raised”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
“from”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“witnesses”
G3144a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr"
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