Acts 1:3

Coverdale Bible (1535)

to who also he shewed himself alyue after his passion, by many tokes, and appeared vnto them fourtye dayes longe, and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἷς καὶ παρέστησεν ἑαυτὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τὸ παθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολλοῖς τεκμηρίοις, διʼ ἡμερῶν τεσσαράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος αὐτοῖς, καὶ λέγων τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ:

Transliteration

To whom also he parestēsen heauton zōnta after the pathein auton in many tekmēriois, through hēmerōn tessarakonta optanomenos to them, and legōn the things concerning the basileias of the Theou:

Grammar Details

• *parestēsen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - presented/showed
• *heauton*: reflexive pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - himself
• *zōnta*: present, active, participle, accusative, masculine, singular - living/alive
• *pathein*: aorist, active, infinitive - to suffer
• *auton*: personal pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - him
• *tekmēriois*: dative, neuter, plural - proofs/evidences
• *hēmerōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - days
• *tessarakonta*: numeral - forty
• *optanomenos*: present, middle/passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - appearing/being seen
• *legōn*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - speaking/saying
• *basileias*: genitive, feminine, singular - kingdom
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

• *parestēsen*: presented/showed/proved
• *zōnta*: living/alive
• *pathein*: to suffer/experience pain
• *tekmēriois*: proofs/evidences/infallible proofs
• *optanomenos*: appearing/being seen/showing himself
• *basileias*: kingdom/reign/royal power

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 15:5-7 : 5 and that he was sene of Cephas, then of the twolue: 6 after that was he sene of mo then fyue hundreth brethren at once, wherof there are yet many alyue, but some are fallen aslepe. 7 Afterwarde was he sene of Iames, then of all the Apostles.
• John 20:26 : 26 And after eight dayes agayne were his disciples with in, & Thomas wt the. The came Iesus (wha ye dores were shutt) & stode in the myddes, & sayde: Peace be wt you.
• Acts 13:31 : 31 and he appeared many dayes vnto the, that wente vp with him from Galile vnto Ierusalem, which are his witnesses vnto the people.
• Acts 28:31 : 31 preachinge ye kyngdome of God, and teachinge those thinges which concerne the LORDE Iesus with all boldnesse, vnforbydden.
• Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke, but righteousnes, & peace, and ioye in the holy goost.
• John 21:1 : 1 After that shewed Iesus himself agayne at the see of Tiberias But on this wyse shewed he himself.
• John 21:14 : 14 This is now the thirde tyme that Iesus appeared vnto his disciples, after that he was rysen agayne from the deed.
• 1 John 1:1 : 1 That which was from ye begynnynge, which we haue herde, which we haue sene with or eyes, which we haue loked vpon, and or handes haue handled of the worde of life:
• Deut 9:9 : 9 whan I was gone vp to ye mount, to receaue the tables of stone, namely the tables of the couenaunt which the LORDE made wt you, and I abode fortye dayes & fortye nightes vpon the mount, and ate no bred, & dranke no water:
• Deut 9:18 : 18 & I fell before the LORDE (euen as at the first tyme) fortye dayes & fortye nightes, & nether ate bred, ner drake water, because of all youre synnes which ye had synned, whan ye dyd soch euell in the sighte of the LORDE, to prouoke him vnto wrath.
• 1 Kgs 19:8 : 8 And he arose, and ate and drake, and wente on thorow the strength of that meate fortye dayes and fortye nightes, eue vnto Horeb ye mount of God:
• Dan 2:44-45 : 44 In the dayes off these kynges, shall the God of heauen set vp an euerlastinge kyngdome which shall not perish, and his kyngdome shall not be geuen ouer to another people: Yee the same shall breake and destroye all these kyngdomes, but it shall endure for euer. 45 And where as thou sawest, that without eny hondes there was cut out of the mount a stone, which brake the yron, the copper ye earth, the syluer and golde in peces: by that hath ye greate God shewed the kynge, what wyl come after this. This is a true dreame, and the interpretacion of it is sure.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 saynge: Amede youre selues, the kyngdome of heuen is at honde.
• Matt 4:2 : 2 And when he had fasted fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes, he was afterward an hungred.
• Matt 21:43 : 43 Therfore I saie vnto you: The kingdome of God shalbe take fro you, & shalbe geue vnto the Heithe, which shal brynge forth ye frutes of it.
• Matt 28:9 : 9 And as they were goinge to tell his disciples, beholde, Iesus met them, and sayde: God spede you. And they wente vnto him, and helde his fete, and fell downe before him.
• Matt 28:16-17 : 16 The eleuen disciples wente vnto Galile in to a mountayne, where Iesus had appoynted them. 17 And whan they sawe him, they fell downe before him: but some of them douted.
• Mark 16:10-14 : 10 And she wete and tolde the that were with him, as they mourned and wepte. 11 And whan they herde that he lyued, and had appeared vnto her, they beleued it not. 12 After warde as two of the were walkynge, he shewed himself vnder another figure, whan they were goynge vpon the felde. 13 And they wente, and tolde the other: these they beleued not also. 14 At the last, as the eleuen sat at the table, he shewed himself vnto them, and rebuked their vnbeleue, and ye hardnesse of their hert, because they beleued not the which had sene him rysen.
• Luke 17:20-21 : 20 But whan he was demaunded of ye Pharises: Whan cometh the kyngdome of God? He answered them, and sayde: The kyngdome of God commeth not with outwarde appearaunce, 21 nether shal it be sayde: lo, here or there is it. For beholde, ye kyngdome of God is inwarde in you.
• Luke 24:1-9 : 1 Bvt vpon one of the Sabbathes very early in the mornynge, they came vnto the Sepulcre, and brought ye spyces which they had prepared, and certayne wemen with the. 2 Neuertheles they founde the stone rolled awaye from the sepulcre, 3 and wente in, and founde not the body of ye LORDE Iesu. 4 And it happened as they were amased therat, beholde, there stode by them two men in shyninge garmentes. 5 And they were afrayed, and cast downe their faces to the earth. Then sayde they vnto the: What seke ye? the lyuynge amoge the deed? 6 He is not here. He is rysen vp. Remembre, how yt he tolde you wha he was yet in Galile, 7 and sayde: The sonne of man must be delyuered in to the hades of synners, and be crucified, and the thirde daye ryse agayne. 8 And they remebred his wordes, 9 and wente from the sepulcre, and tolde all this vnto the eleuen, and to all the other. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Iohanna, and Mary Iames, and the other with them, that tolde this vnto the Apostles. 11 And theyr wordes semed vnto them, as though they had bene but fables, and they beleued them not. 12 But Peter arose, and ranne to the sepulcre, and stouped in, and sawe the lynnen clothes layed by them selues, and departed. And he wondred within himself at that which had happened. 13 And beholde, two of them wente that same daye, to a towne (which was thre score furloges from Ierusalem) whose name was called Emaus. 14 And they talked together of all these thinges yt had happened. 15 And it chaunced as they were thus talkinge and reasonynge together, Iesus himself drue nye, and wente with them. 16 But their eyes were holden, that they shulde not knowe hi. 17 And he sayde vnto them: What maner of comunicacions are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke, and are sad? 18 Then answered the one, whose name was Cleophas, and sayde vnto him: Art thou onely a straunger at Ierusale, not knowinge what is come to passe there in these dayes? 19 And he sayde vnto the: What? They sayde vnto him: That of Iesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet, mightie in dede and worde, before God and all ye people, 20 how oure hye prestes and rulers delyuered him to the condemnacion of death, and crucified him. 21 But we hoped that he shulde haue delyuered Israel. And besydes all this, todaye is the thirde daye that this was done. 22 Yee & certayne wemen also of oure company which were early at the Sepulcre, 23 and founde not his body, came and tolde, that they had sene a visio of angels, which sayde he was alyue. 24 And certayne of them that were with vs, wente vnto the sepulcre, and founde it euen so as ye weme sayde, but hi founde they not. 25 And he sayde vnto the: O ye fooles and slowe of hert to beleue all that the prophetes haue spoke? 26 Ought not Christ to haue suffred these thinges, and to entre in to his glory? 27 And he beganne at Moses and at all the prophetes, and expounded vnto them all the scriptures, that were spoken of him. 28 And they drue nye vnto the towne, which they wete vnto, and he made as though he wolde haue gone farther. 29 And they compelled him, and sayde: Abyde with vs, for it draweth towardes night, and the daye is farre passed. And he wente in to tary with the. 30 And it came to passe whan he sat at the table with the, he toke the bred, gaue thankes, brake it, and gaue it them. 31 Then were their eyes opened, and they knewe him. And he vanyshed out of their sight. 32 And they sayde, betwene the selues: Dyd not oure hert burne with in vs, whan he talked with vs by the waye, whyle he opened the scriptures vnto vs? 33 And they rose vp the same houre, turned agayne to Ierusalem, and founde ye eleue gathered together, and them that were with them, which 34 sayde: The LORDE is rysen of a trueth, and hath appeared vnto Symon. 35 And they tolde the what had happened by ye waye, and how they knewe him in breakynge of the bred. 36 But whyle they were talkynge therof, Iesus himself stode in the myddes amonge the, and sayde: Peace be with you. 37 But they were abashed and afrayed, supposinge that they had sene a sprete. 38 And he saide vnto the: Why are ye abashed? & wherfore ryse there soch thoughtes in yor hertes? 39 Beholde my hades & my fete, it is euen I my self. Handle me, and se, for a sprete hath not flesh and bones, as ye se me haue. 40 And whan he had thus spoke, he shewed the his hodes and his fete. 41 But whyle they yet beleued not for ioye and wondred, he sayde vnto them: Haue ye eny thinge here to eate? 42 And they set before him a pece of a broyled fish, and an hony combe. 43 And he toke it, and ate it before the. 44 And he sayde vnto them: These are the wordes, which I spake vnto you, whyle I was yet with you. For it must all be fulfilled that was wrytten of me in the lawe of Moses, in the prophetes, & in the Psalmes. 45 The opened he their vnderstondinge, that they might vnderstonde the scriptures, 46 and sayde vnto them: Thus is it wrytte, and thus it behoued Christ to suffre, & the thirde daye to ryse agayne fro the deed, 47 and to let repentaunce and remyssion, of synnes be preached in his name amoge all nacions, and to begynne at Ierusale. 48 As for all these thinges, ye are wytnesses of the. 49 And beholde, I wil sende vpon you the promes of my father: but ye shal tary in the cite of Ierusalem, tyll ye be endewed with power from aboue. 50 But he led them out vnto Bethany, and lift vp his handes, and blessed them. 51 And it came to passe wha he blessed them, he departed from them, and was caried vp in to heauen. 52 And they worshipped him, and turned agayne to Ierusalem with greate ioye: 53 and were contynnally in ye teple, geuynge prayse and thankes vnto God. Amen.
• John 20:1-9 : 1 Vpon one daye of the Sabbath, came Mary Magdalene early (whe it was yet darcke) vnto the sepulcre, & sawe that the stone was take from the sepulcre. 2 Then ranne she, & came to Symon Peter, and to ye other disciple, whom Iesus loued, and sayde vnto them: They haue take awaye the LORDE out of the sepulcre, & we can not tell where they haue layed him. 3 The wete Peter forth and the other disciple, and came to the sepulcre. 4 They rane both together, and that other disciple out rane Peter, and came first to the sepulcre, 5 and loked in, and sawe the lynnen clothes layed. But he wete not in. 6 The came Symon Peter after him, and wente in to the sepulcre, & sawe the lynne clothes lye, 7 and the napkyn that was bounde aboute Iesus heade, not layed with the lynnen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by it self. 8 The wete i also yt other disciple, which came first to ye sepulcre, & he sawe & beleued: 9 for as yet they knewe not ye scriptures, yt it behoued hi to ryse agayne fro ye deed. 10 The wete ye disciples againe together. 11 As for Mary, she stode before ye sepulcre & wepte without. Now as she wepte she loked in to the sepulcre, 12 and sawe two angels in whyte garmentes syttinge, ye one at the heade, & the other at ye fete, where they had layed the body of Iesus. 13 And they sayde vnto her: Woma, why wepest thou? She saide vnto the: They haue taken awaye my LORDE, & I wote not where they haue layed hi. 14 And whan she had sayde yt, she turned her self backe, & sawe Iesus stondinge, & knewe not yt it was Iesus. 15 Iesus sayde vnto her: Woman, why wepest thou? Whom sekest thou? She thought yt it had bene ye gardener, & sayde vnto him: Syr, yf thou hast borne him hence: then tell me where thou hast layed him? and I wil fetch hi. 16 Iesus sayde vnto her: Mary. Then turned she her aboute, & sayde vnto him: Rabboni, yt is to saye: Master. 17 Iesus sayde vnto her: Touche me not, for I am not yet ascended vnto my father. But go thou yi waye vnto my brethre & saye vnto the: I ascede vp vnto my father and yor father: to my God, & yor God. 18 Mary Magdalene came, & tolde ye disciples: I haue sene the LORDE, & soch thinges hath he spoken vnto me. 19 The same Sabbath at eue wha ye disciples were gathered together, and the dores were shut for feare of ye Iewes, came Iesus, and stode i ye myddes, & sayde vnto the: Peace be wt you. 20 And wha he had so sayde, he shewed the his hades & his syde. The were ye disciples glad, yt they sawe ye LORDE. 21 The sayde Iesus vnto the agayne: Peace be with you. Like as my father sent me, eue so sede I you.
• Col 1:13 : 13 Which hath delyuered vs fro the power of darknesse, & translated vs in to the kyngdome of his deare sonne
• 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 that ye wolde walke worthely before God, which hath called you vnto his kyngdome & glory.