“The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.”
'The God of our fathers raised Jesus from the dead - whom you had killed by hanging him on a pole' - the apostles immediately pivot to resurrection testimony, the core of their message. 'The God of our fathers' (ho theos tōn paterōn hēmōn) grounds the argument in Jewish continuity, but the resurrection breaks all continuity. The 'hanging him on a pole' (kremasante epi xylou) is a scriptural allusion to Deuteronomy 21:23, which curses the hanged; the apostles are declaring that Jesus bore the curse.
Church Fathers on Acts 5:30
Then Peter and the other Apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. Acts 5:29 High magnanimity! He shows them too that they are fighting against God. For, he says, Whom you killed, Him has God raised up. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, Whom you slew and hanged on a tree. Him has God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. (v. 30, 31.) And again they refer the whole to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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