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What does Acts 5:30 mean?
"The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree."
— Acts 5:30 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,
saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.
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