Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 10:40
Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly;
40. him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly ( gave him to be made manifest)] The literal translation implies more than the A. V. Christ was not openly shewed, but by many proofs it was made clear to those who saw Him that it was the same body, even though now glorified, which had been wounded on the cross, that was alive again.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Showed him openly – Manifestly; so that there could be no deception, no doubt of his resurrection.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 40. Him God raised up the third day] He lay long enough under the power of death to prove that he was dead; and not too long, lest it should be supposed that his disciples had time sufficient to have practiced some deceit or imposture; and, to prevent this, the Jews took care to have the tomb well guarded during the whole time which he lay there.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Lest these Gentiles be deterred from believing in Christ, and take offence at his cross, St. Peter preached unto them the resurrection, which suddenly and powerfully followed. And this he tells them was unquestionable, as appeared by all the ways that any thing can be proved by; Christ was seen, and heard, and felt after his resurrection, as the beloved disciple tells us, 1Jo 1:1, and manifested his victory over death for us.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
40-41. showed him openly; Not to allthe peoplefor it was not fitting that He should subjectHimself, in His risen condition, to a second rejection in Person.
but unto witnesses chosenbefore of God . . . to us, who did eat and drink with him after herose, c.Not the less certain, therefore, was the fact of Hisresurrection, though withholding Himself from general gaze in Hisrisen body.
he which was ordained of Godto be the Judge of quick and deadHe had before proclaimed Him”Lord of all,” for the dispensing of “peace“to all alike now he announces Him in the same supreme lordship, forthe exercise of judgment upon all alike. On this divineordination, see Joh 5:22; Joh 5:23;Joh 5:27; Act 17:31.Thus we have here all Gospel truth in brief. But, forgivenessthrough this exalted One is the closing note of Peter’sbeautifully simple discourse.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Him God raised up the third day,…. According to the Scriptures, particularly Ho 6:2. The resurrection, of Christ, though it is sometimes ascribed to himself, as God, whereby he was declared to be the Son of God, yet generally to God the Father, as here:
and showed him openly; in a glorious body, and yet numerically the same he before lived and suffered in, so as to be heard, seen, and handled; by which full proof was given of the truth of his resurrection, in which he appeared to be the conqueror over death and the grave.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gave him to be made manifest ( ). Peculiar phrase, here only in the N.T. and in Ro 10:20 (quoted from Isa 65:1). , predicate accusative after infinitive agreeing with object of .
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
Shewed him openly [ ] . Lit., gave him to become manifest. Compare, for the construction, ch. 2 27.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “Him God raised up,”(touton hotheos egeiren) “This One (Jesus) God raised up;” This is the crux of our Lord’s claim to demonstrate His Divinity; Other religious men had been great, died, but none had claimed that he would be raised up, keep appointments thereafter, as He did, Mat 26:32; Mat 28:7; Mat 28:10; Mat 28:16; Mar 14:28; Mar 16:7.
2) “The third day,” (en te trite hemera) “On the third day,” after His burial. Was He raised up? Testimony of then living hundreds from all walks of life certified that He was raised, Act 2:24; Act 4:10; Act 13:30-31; Act 17:31; 1Co 15:15.
3) “And shewed him openly; (kai edoken auton emphane genesthai) “And gave to Him the mission to become (exist in appearance) visible,” openly on at least ten occasions, eating, drinking, and speaking with hundreds thereafter, Luk 24:50-51; Act 1:8-11; 1Co 15:4-12.
The post- resurrection appearances were:
a) On the day of His resurrection – –
1. To Mary Magdalene, Joh 20:14-18.
2. To the women returning from the tomb, Mat 28:8-10.
3. To Peter, Luk 24:34; 1Co 15:5.
4. To Emmaus road disciples, Luk 24:13-31.
5. To the Apostles, except Thomas, Luk 24:36-43; Joh 20:19-24.
b) Eight days later in Galilee – –
6. To the Apostles with Thomas present
c) In Galilee – –
7. To seven by the sea of Tiberias, Joh 21:1-23.
8. On a mountain, to the Apostles and five hundred brethren, 1Co 15:6.
d) At Jerusalem and Bethany – –
9. To James, 1Co 15:7.
10. To the eleven, Mat 28:16-20; Mar 14:20; Luk 24:33-43; Act 1:3-12.
11. To Paul, near Damascus, Act 9:3-6; 1Co 15:8.
12. In the temple at Jerusalem, Act 22:17-21; Act 23:11.
13. To Stephen, Act 7:55.
14. To John, on Patmos, Rev 1:10-19.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(40) And shewed him openly.Literally, gave him to be manifest.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
“Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made openly known, not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand of God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.”
‘Him God raised up the third day.’ Compare 1Co 15:3-4. The fact that God raised Him within three days revealed that God did not see Him as deserving of death. Rather it demonstrated that He was God’s favoured One, God’s Messiah, and that His death must therefore have been for us. Having been raised within three days death had never mastered Him.
So as in his previous speeches he again stresses the resurrection, and again points to those who are witnesses, thus making a twofold emphasis on witnesses (compare Act 10:39). He points out that God made the Risen Jesus ‘openly known’ to witnesses chosen beforehand in such a way that His resurrection could not be doubted, because He ate and drank with them after rising from the dead. He had not left any doubt on the matter. And Peter had been one of them.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
Ver. 40. Him God raised ] Christ’s death he despatcheth in a word, as a thing well known. His resurrection (because more questioned, and of greater moment to beget faith) he more largely discourseth.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Act 10:40 . . .: only alluded to here in Acts, but a positive testimony from St. Peter to the resurrection appearances on the third day, 1Co 15:4 ; the expression is specially emphasised by St. Luke in his Gospel, where it occurs some six times. .: a phrase only found here and in Rom 10:20 , in a quotation from Isa 65:1 , “to be made manifest,” R.V., viz. , that He was the same Person as before His Passion, not “openly showed,” A.V., which gives an idea not in accordance with the present context.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
Him = This One.
raised up. Greek. egeiro. App-178.
shewed Him openly . Literally gave Him to become manifest, i.e. to be openly seen. Greek. emphanes. Here, Rom 10:20. Compare App-106.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Act 13:30, Act 13:31, Act 17:31, Mat 28:1, Mat 28:2, Rom 1:4, Rom 4:24, Rom 4:25, Rom 6:4-11, Rom 8:11, Rom 14:9, 1Co 15:3, 1Co 15:4, 1Co 15:12-20, 2Co 4:14, Heb 13:20, 1Pe 1:21
Reciprocal: Joh 16:16 – a little while Joh 20:25 – We Act 1:2 – the apostles Act 2:24 – God Act 3:15 – whereof Act 4:2 – preached Act 4:10 – whom God Act 26:8 – General Eph 1:20 – when 1Th 1:10 – whom Heb 2:3 – and was
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Act 10:40-41. Openly does not mean generally, but evidently, “by many infallible proofs” (chapter 1:3). The witnesses were the apostles, who were chosen beforehand for that purpose. Having seen Jesus alive, and eaten with him and handled him, they could testify from personal knowledge that Jesus lived again after his three days and three nights in the tomb.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Act 10:40. Him God raised up on the third day. Here, as everywhere in the Acts of the Apostles, the Resurrection is the culminating point of the apostolic testimony concerning Jesus Christ (see, for instance, Act 2:24, Act 17:31, Act 26:23).
Showed him openly. Literally, gave Him to become visibly manifest.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
40, 41. The crowning fact of the gospel comes next in the statement. (40) “Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly, (41) not to all the people, to be witnesses chosen by God beforehand, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he arose from the dead.” Here Peter states, by way of commending to his hearers the evidence of the resurrection, a fact which has been so differently construed by infidels, as to be made a ground of objection to it; that is, that the witnesses were chosen for the occasion. Whether Peter or the infidels are right in judgment, depends entirely upon the grounds of the choice. If they were chosen because of a dishonest desire to prove the fact, or because of the ease with which they might be deceived into the belief of a fact which had no real existence, then it may be rightly regarded as a suspicious circumstance. But the reverse is true in both particulars. Such was the situation of the witnesses, that there was great danger both to property and person, in giving their testimony, and therefore every motive to dishonesty prompted them to keep silent rather than to testify. They were also the least likely of all the men of Israel to be deceived, because of their long familiarity with the person of him who was to be identified. Peter, then, was right; for the fact that such witnesses were chosen beforehand is proof that no deception was intended; while the fact that they “did eat and drink with him after he arose from the dead,” rendered it impossible for them to be deceived.
Fuente: McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
In contrast to man’s treatment of Jesus, God raised Him from the grave after three days (cf. Act 17:31). Jesus also appeared to selected individuals whom God chose to be witnesses of His resurrection. Among these was Peter, who even ate and drank with the risen Lord, proof that He really was alive.
"The resurrection appearances were not made to the people at large. The reason appears to have been that those who saw Jesus were constituted to act as witnesses to the many people who could not see him, and this obligation was not laid on people who were unfit for it but only on those who had been prepared by lengthy association with Jesus and by sharing his work of mission." [Note: Marshall, The Acts . . ., p. 193.]