Bible Verses About Prince of Life: 12

"You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this."

— Acts 3:15 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about Prince of Life want Scripture on Peter's temple title — archēgos tēs zōēs, the Prince / Author of life in Acts 3:15 (KJV "Prince of life") — not only a general Author of Life survey or a Captain of Salvation Hebrews list alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about Author of Life, Bible verses about Jesus, Bible verses about Resurrection and Life, Bible verses about Living Water, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about salvation, Bible verses about eternal life, Bible verses about God's love, and Bible verse of the day. Prince of Life here means Acts' life-originator title — distinct from Author-of-Life or Captain-of-Salvation surveys alone.

Word study (lead theme). In Greek, "prince" / "author" / "pioneer" is ἀρχηγός archēgos (Strong's G747; Bible Hub G747) — a chief leader, pioneer, prince, author. "Life" is ζωή zōē (Strong's G2222; Bible Hub G2222) — life. Acts 3:15 joins them: you killed the Prince of life, but God raised him. This list tracks that Acts title and related life-prince lines, not every Author-of-Life or Captain-of-Salvation text alone.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 3 presses that they killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead (Bible Hub MHC Acts 3; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Acts 3). (Author of Life and Captain of Salvation live on those pages; this list centers archēgos tēs zōēs.)

12 Bible verses about Prince of Life

1. Acts 3:15. "You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this." The author / Prince of life — raised from the dead. See Bible verses about Author of Life.

2. Acts 5:31. "God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins." Exalted… as Prince and Savior. See Bible verses about salvation.

3. Acts 3:14. "You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you." The Holy and Righteous One — context of the Prince of life. See Bible verses about Jesus.

4. Acts 3:16. "By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see." Faith in the name of Jesus. See Bible verses about faith.

5. John 14:6. "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" I am… the life. See Bible verses about eternal life.

6. John 6:35. "Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.'" I am the bread of life. See Bible verses about hope.

7. John 6:48. "I am the bread of life." I am the bread of life. See Bible verses about faith.

8. Colossians 3:4. "When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory." Christ, who is your life. See Bible verses about eternal life.

9. 1 John 1:1. "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life." The Word of life. See Bible verses about Jesus.

10. 1 John 1:2. "The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us." The life appeared. See Bible verses about God's love.

11. Revelation 2:8. "To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again." Who died and came to life again. See Bible verses about hope.

12. Revelation 22:1. "Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb" The river of the water of life. See Bible verses about Living Water.

How to use these verses

Pick one verse when you need the Prince of Life — not twelve as a grind. If you need Peter's temple title, start at Acts 3:15. If you need Prince and Savior exalted, open Acts 5:31. If you need Jesus as the life, open John 14:6. For Author of Life more broadly, open Bible verses about Author of Life. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.

Questions people ask

What is a good Bible verse about Prince of Life?

Acts 3:15 (author / Prince of life raised from the dead) and Acts 5:31 (Prince and Savior) are clear starting places.

How do Bible verses about Prince of Life differ from Author of Life alone?

Author of Life surveys life-origin language across Acts and related texts. This page centers the KJV "Prince of life" title at Acts 3:15 and related Prince/Savior lines — then cross-links Author of Life. See Bible verses about Author of Life.

What do archēgos and zōē mean?

Greek archēgos (G747) means chief leader, pioneer, prince, or author; zōē (G2222) means life. Together in Acts 3:15 they name the Prince of life.

Is Prince of Life the same as Captain of Salvation?

Related archēgos titles, different texts. Captain of Salvation centers Hebrews 2:10; this page centers Acts 3:15. See Bible verses about Captain of Salvation.

How can I remember these verses?

Read Acts 3:15, then Acts 5:31. Thank God that the Prince of life was raised and exalted. For eternal life, open Bible verses about eternal life.

Sources

• Blue Letter Bible lexicons: G747, G2222 (links above).
• Bible Hub Greek: G747, G2222.
• Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary: Acts 3 (links above).
• Scripture quotations NIV.