Acts 5:30-32

5:30 The God of our forefathers ¹  raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree. ²  5:31 God exalted him ³  to his right hand as Leader ⁴  and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. ⁵  5:32 And we are witnesses of these events, ⁶  and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey ⁷  him.”

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¹ tn Or “ancestors”; Grk “fathers.”

² tn Or “by crucifying him” (“hang on a tree” is by the time of the first century an idiom for crucifixion). The allusion is to the judgment against Jesus as a rebellious figure, appealing to the language of Deut 21:23. The Jewish leadership has badly “misjudged” Jesus.

³ tn Grk “This one God exalted” (emphatic).

⁴ tn Or “Founder” (of a movement).

⁵ tn Or “to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.”

⁶ tn Or “things.” They are preaching these things even to the hostile leadership.

⁷ sn Those who obey. The implication, of course, is that the leadership is disobeying God.