Acts 1:3 (ASV)

Passage

To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:

Nearby Context

Acts 1:1 The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Acts 1:2 until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

Acts 1:3 To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:

Acts 1:4 and, being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, [said he], ye heard from me:

Acts 1:5 For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "showed", "himself", "alive", "after", "passion", "proofs", "appearing", and "space". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "showed" and "himself", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "until the day in which he was..." into verse 4's "and being assembled together with them he...", so "showed" and "himself" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "showed" and "himself" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.