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NASB | Acts 1:3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 1:3 To these [men] He also showed Himself alive after His suffering [in Gethsemane and on the cross], by [a series of] many infallible proofs and unquestionable demonstrations, appearing to them over a period of forty days and talking to them about the things concerning the kingdom of God. |
Subject: time |
Bible Note: Scott, 2 Pet. 3:8 says, "...with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." But what is Peter talking about, what is the context? If you will read the verses immediately preceding this verse it should become apparent to you that Peter is discussing the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus. Thus in verse 8 Peter is pointing out that God understands time much differently from man. From man's viewpoint Christ's coming seems like a long time away, but from God's viewpoint it won't be long. Now to take a quantum leap back to Genesis 2:17 (wherein God told Adam that in the day he ate of the forbidden fruit he would surely die) and exegete "day" in this passage to mean 1,000 years -- as you are attempting to do -- is absurd. Your interpretation would lead us to read the Hebrew word _yom_ (day) as meaning 1,000 years every time we came upon it in Scripture. Thus _Day of Atonement_ would become _1,000 Years of Atonement_, which is ridiculous. You cannot take this single verse in 2 Peter and transfer the meaning of day in this context to the meaning of day in every other context in the entire Bible! Scott, you are very wrong in your interpretation. --Hank |