Acts 3:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 2:24 : 24 But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.
  • Acts 2:32 : 32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.
  • John 5:26 : 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,
  • Matt 28:2-5 : 2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him. 5 But the angel said to the women,“Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
  • John 1:4 : 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
  • John 17:2 : 2 just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.
  • Acts 1:22 : 22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us– one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”
  • Acts 10:40-41 : 40 but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen, 41 not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
  • Acts 13:30-32 : 30 But God raised him from the dead, 31 and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people. 32 And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So also it is written,“The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • Heb 2:10 : 10 For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
  • 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.
  • Rev 21:6 : 6 He also said to me,“It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water free of charge from the spring of the water of life.
  • John 4:14 : 14 But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.”
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say,“Come!” And let the one who hears say:“Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life– water as clear as crystal– pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.
  • Eph 1:20 : 20 This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms
  • Col 3:3-4 : 3 for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ(who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.
  • Rom 8:1-2 : 1 The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
  • Acts 5:31 : 31 God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
  • John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered her,“If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you,‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
  • John 10:28 : 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her,“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies, 26 and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 2:32-33
    2 verses
    82%

    32This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.

    33So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

  • Acts 3:12-14
    3 verses
    81%

    12When Peter saw this, he declared to the people,“Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

    13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

    14But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

  • Acts 13:30-31
    2 verses
    78%

    30But God raised him from the dead,

    31and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

  • Acts 5:28-32
    5 verses
    78%

    28saying,“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”

    29But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.

    30The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.

    31God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

    32And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

  • Acts 10:39-42
    4 verses
    78%

    39We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,

    40but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen,

    41not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

    42He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

  • 1 Cor 15:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised.

    16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

  • Acts 3:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man– whom you see and know– strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.

    17And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.

  • Acts 4:8-11
    4 verses
    76%

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,

    9if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man– by what means this man was healed–

    10let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.

    11This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

  • Acts 2:22-24
    3 verses
    75%

    22“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know–

    23this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

    24But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

  • 1 Thess 2:15
    74%

    15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

  • 1 Pet 1:21
    72%

    21Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

  • Acts 13:37
    72%

    37but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.

  • Acts 2:36
    71%

    36Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.”

  • Jas 5:6
    71%

    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

  • Matt 23:31
    71%

    31By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

  • Acts 7:52
    70%

    52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

  • Acts 22:15
    70%

    15because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

  • 1 Cor 15:4
    70%

    4and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures,

  • Luke 24:20
    70%

    20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Acts 17:31
    70%

    31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.”

  • Rom 4:25
    69%

    25He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification.

  • Eph 2:1
    69%

    1New Life Individually And although you were dead in your offenses and sins,

  • Acts 26:8
    69%

    8Why do you people think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?

  • Acts 13:28
    69%

    28Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

  • 1 Cor 15:12
    69%

    12No Resurrection? Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

  • Mark 15:13
    69%

    13They shouted back,“Crucify him!”

  • Acts 17:3
    69%

    3explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying,“This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”

  • Acts 13:33
    68%

    33that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm,‘You are my Son; today I have fathered you.’

  • Acts 4:2
    68%

    2angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

  • Mark 14:57
    68%

    57Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:

  • 1 Thess 2:10
    68%

    10You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

  • Acts 1:3
    68%

    3To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.