Verse 30
30. God of our fathers By this solemn expression the apostles assume that Jesus and themselves are in true line of descent from the fathers and under sanction of their God. It was the God of Abraham by whom Jesus was exalted.
Raised up Jesus These confessors are most careful in face of those Sadducees to insert the doctrine of the resurrection of Jesus in their avowal.
Ye slew Here again is the charge direct and personal. All sins and all sinners have virtually nailed Jesus to the cross; but these men literally, by direct authorization, performed the deed for all.
A tree The Greek word does indeed literally signify tree or wood; but it also signifies the perpendicular beam of a cross, and so the word might have been correctly rendered cross.
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