Acts 17:31

because he has set ¹  a day on which he is going to judge the world ²  in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, ³  having provided proof to everyone by raising ⁴  him from the dead.”

Mt 25:31-46; Lu 24:46-48; Joh 5:22,23; Ac 2:23,24,32; Ac 3:15,16; Ac 4:10; Ac 5:30-32; Ac 10:39-41; Ac 10:42; Ac 13:30,31; Ac 17:18; Ro 2:5,16; Ro 14:9,10; 1Co 4:5; 1Co 15:3-8; 2Co 5:10; 2Ti 4:1; 2Pe 3:7; Jude 1:14,15

¹ tn Or “fixed.”

² sn The world refers to the whole inhabited earth.

³ tn Or “appointed.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “of persons appoint, designate, declare: God judges the world ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν through a man whom he has appointed Ac 17:31.”

sn A man whom he designated. Jesus is put in the position of eschatological judge. As judge of the living and the dead, he possesses divine authority (Acts 10:42).

⁴ tn The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") indicates means here.