ACTS 10:41 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.”
'He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.'—Peter establishes the criterion of apostolic witness: eating and drinking with the risen Jesus (physical, embodied communion that confirms his bodily resurrection). The chosen witnesses are the apostles; their commissioning precedes the public proclamation. The intimacy of table-fellowship authenticates resurrection reality.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:41
And we are witnesses of all things which He did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem Acts 10:39: both we, says he, and you. Then the Passion, and the reason why they do not believe: Whom also they slew, and hanged on a tree. Him God raised up the third day, and showed Him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead. (v. 40, 41.) This is a proof of the Resurrection.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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