SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:31
Y l fue visto por muchos días de los que habían subido juntamente con l de Galilea a Jerusaln, los cuales hasta ahora son sus testigos al pueblo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Acts 13:31
Verse 31. He was seen many days, &c.] The thing was done but a very short time since; and many of the witnesses are still alive, and ready to attest the fact of this resurrection in the most unequivocal manner.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 31. And he was seen many days , etc.] Forty days, at certain times, of them which came up with him from Galilee ; which though true of several women who followed him from Galilee, and to whom he appeared after his resurrection, as Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and Salome the mother of Zebedees children, and others; yet is chiefly to be understood of the apostles of Christ, who were Galilaeans, and came with Christ from that country to Jerusalem, when he came thither to suffer and die: who are his witnesses unto the people ; not only of his resurrection, though of that chiefly, but of all that he did and suffered in Galilee and Judea.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14-31 - When we come together to worship God, we must do it, not only by praye and praise, but by the reading and hearing of the word of God. The bar reading of the Scriptures in public assemblies is not enough; the should be expounded, and the people exhorted out of them. This i helping people in doing that which is necessary to make the wor profitable, to apply it to themselves. Every thing is touched upon in this sermon, which might best prevail with Jews to receive and embrac Christ as the promised Messiah. And every view, however short or faint of the Lord's dealings with his church, reminds us of his mercy an long-suffering, and of man's ingratitude and perverseness. Paul passe from David to the Son of David, and shows that this Jesus is his promised Seed; a Saviour to do that for them, which the judges of ol could not do, to save them from their sins, their worst enemies. When the apostles preached Christ as the Saviour, they were so far from concealing his death, that they always preached Christ crucified. Ou complete separation from sin, is represented by our being buried with Christ. But he rose again from the dead, and saw no corruption: thi was the great truth to be preached.
Greek Textus Receptus
ος 3739 R-NSM ωφθη 3700 5681 V-API-3S επι 1909 PREP ημερας 2250 N-APF πλειους 4119 A-APF-C τοις 3588 T-DPM συναναβασιν 4872 5631 V-2AAP-DPM αυτω 846 P-DSM απο 575 PREP της 3588 T-GSF γαλιλαιας 1056 N-GSF εις 1519 PREP ιερουσαλημ 2419 N-PRI οιτινες 3748 R-NPM εισιν 1526 5748 V-PXI-3P μαρτυρες 3144 N-NPM αυτου 846 P-GSM προς 4314 PREP τον 3588 T-ASM λαον 2992 N-ASM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
13:31 {Was seen for many days} (wfqe epi hemeras pleious). The common verb (first aorist passive indicative of horaw, to see) for the appearance of the Risen Christ, the one used by Paul of his own vision of Christ (#1Co 15:8), which is not reported by Luke here. For more days (than a few), the language means, forty in all (#1:3). {Of them that came up with him} (tois sunanabasin autwi). Dative (after wfqe) articular participle (second aorist active of sunanabain") with associative instrumental case (autwi), the very men who knew him best and who could not be easily deceived about the reality of his resurrection. But this fact rules Paul out on this point, for he had not fellowshipped with Jesus from Galilee to Jerusalem. {Who are now his witnesses} (hoitines nun eisin martures autou). The very point that Peter used to clinch his argument with such powerful effect (#2:32; 3:15).
