Acts 3:15
And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Nota de estudio
Study Note
'You killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses' — the Christological oxymoron of Peter's Solomonic Portico sermon — 'Author of life' (archēgon tēs zōēs) crucified — creates a profound paradox: the source of life submitted to death. The title 'archēgos' (author, pioneer, prince, founder) appears four times in Acts and Hebrews (Acts 5:31; Hebrews 2:10; 12:2), suggesting an early Christological category for Jesus as the trailblazer who opens a new path for humanity. The witness formula 'to this we are witnesses' grounds the resurrection claim in apostolic testimony rather than inference, reflecting the earliest Christian apologetic strategy of eyewitness accountability. The verse belongs to the pattern of early kerygma in Acts: accusation, divine reversal through resurrection, call to repentance and promise of forgiveness.
Otras traducciones
and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses;
And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.
Referencias cruzadas
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled …
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which …
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to …
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall …
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of …
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, …
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but …