Acts 28:31

28:31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ ¹  with complete boldness ²  and without restriction. ³ 

Daniel 2:44-45

2:44 In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever. 2:45 You saw that a stone was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands; it smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to the king what will occur in the future. ⁴  The dream is certain, and its interpretation is reliable.”

Matthew 3:2

3:2 “Repent, ⁵  for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 21:43

21:43 For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people ⁶  who will produce its fruit.

Luke 17:20-21

The Coming of the Kingdom

17:20 Now at one point ⁷  the Pharisees ⁸  asked Jesus ⁹  when the kingdom of God ¹⁰  was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs ¹¹  to be observed, 17:21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is ¹²  in your midst.” ¹³ 

Luke 24:44-49

Jesus’ Final Commission

24:44 Then ¹⁴  he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me ¹⁵  in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms ¹⁶  must be fulfilled.” 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures, ¹⁷  24:46 and said to them, “Thus it stands written that the Christ ¹⁸  would suffer ¹⁹  and would rise from the dead on the third day, 24:47 and repentance ²⁰  for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ²¹  in his name to all nations, ²²  beginning from Jerusalem. ²³  24:48 You are witnesses ²⁴  of these things. 24:49 And look, I am sending you ²⁵  what my Father promised. ²⁶  But stay in the city ²⁷  until you have been clothed with power ²⁸  from on high.”

Romans 14:17

14:17 For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Colossians 1:13

1:13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves, ²⁹ 

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ³⁰  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Colossians 2:12

2:12 Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your ³¹  faith in the power ³²  of God who raised him from the dead.

[28:31]  ¹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[28:31]  ² tn Or “openness.”

[28:31]  ³ sn Proclaiming…with complete boldness and without restriction. Once again Paul’s imprisonment is on benevolent terms. The word of God is proclaimed triumphantly and boldly in Rome. Acts ends with this note: Despite all the attempts to stop it, the message goes forth.

[2:45]  ⁴ tn Aram “after this.”

[3:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “and saying, ‘Repent.’” The participle λέγων (legwn) at the beginning of v. 2 is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[21:43]  ⁶ tn Or “to a nation” (so KJV, NASB, NLT).

[17:20]  ⁷ tn The words “at one point” are supplied to indicate that the following incident is not necessarily in chronological sequence with the preceding event.

[17:20]  ⁸ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[17:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “having been asked by the Pharisees.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the direct object, Jesus, has been supplied from the context.

[17:20]  ¹⁰ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[17:20]  ¹¹ tn Or “is not coming in a way that it can be closely watched” (L&N 24.48). Although there are differing interpretations of what this means, it probably refers to the cosmic signs often associated with the kingdom’s coming in the Jewish view (1 En. 91, 93; 2 Bar. 53—74). See D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1412-14, also H. Riesenfeld, TDNT 8:150.

[17:21]  ¹² tn This is a present tense in the Greek text. In contrast to waiting and looking for the kingdom, it is now available.

[17:21]  ¹³ tn This is a far better translation than “in you.” Jesus would never tell the hostile Pharisees that the kingdom was inside them. The reference is to Jesus present in their midst. He brings the kingdom. Another possible translation would be “in your grasp.” For further discussion and options, see D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1414-19.

[24:44]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[24:44]  ¹⁵ sn Everything written about me. The divine plan, events, and scripture itself are seen here as being one.

[24:44]  ¹⁶ sn For a similar threefold division of the OT scriptures, see the prologue to Sirach, lines 8-10, and from Qumran, the epilogue to 4QMMT, line 10.

[24:45]  ¹⁷ sn Luke does not mention specific texts here, but it is likely that many of the scriptures he mentioned elsewhere in Luke-Acts would have been among those he had in mind.

[24:46]  ¹⁸ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[24:46]  ¹⁹ tn Three Greek infinitives are the key to this summary: (1) to suffer, (2) to rise, and (3) to be preached. The Christ (Messiah) would be slain, would be raised, and a message about repentance would go out into all the world as a result. All of this was recorded in the scripture. The remark shows the continuity between Jesus’ ministry, the scripture, and what disciples would be doing as they declared the Lord risen.

[24:47]  ²⁰ sn This repentance has its roots in declarations of the Old Testament. It is the Hebrew concept of a turning of direction.

[24:47]  ²¹ tn Or “preached,” “announced.”

[24:47]  ²² sn To all nations. The same Greek term (τὰ ἔθνη, ta eqnh) may be translated “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” The hope of God in Christ was for all the nations from the beginning.

[24:47]  ²³ sn Beginning from Jerusalem. See Acts 2, which is where it all starts.

[24:48]  ²⁴ sn You are witnesses. This becomes a key concept of testimony in Acts. See Acts 1:8.

[24:49]  ²⁵ tn Grk “sending on you.”

[24:49]  ²⁶ tn Grk “the promise of my Father,” with τοῦ πατρός (tou patros) translated as a subjective genitive. This is a reference to the Holy Spirit and looks back to how one could see Messiah had come with the promise of old (Luke 3:15-18). The promise is rooted in Jer 31:31 and Ezek 36:26.

[24:49]  ²⁷ sn The city refers to Jerusalem.

[24:49]  ²⁸ sn Until you have been clothed with power refers to the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. What the Spirit supplies is enablement. See Luke 12:11-12; 21:12-15. The difference the Spirit makes can be seen in Peter (compare Luke 22:54-62 with Acts 2:14-41).

[1:13]  ²⁹ tn Here αὐτοῦ (autou) has been translated as a subjective genitive (“he loves”).

[1:1]  ³⁰ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[2:12]  ³¹ tn The article with the genitive modifier τῆς πίστεως (th" pistew") is functioning as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[2:12]  ³² tn The genitive τῆς ἐνεργείας (th" energeia") has been translated as an objective genitive, “faith in the power.”