Bible verse
God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
Acts 5:31 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 5.
27 They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
31 God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
32 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
33 When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
35 “Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.
KJV
Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
ASV
Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
ERV
Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
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