Acts 2:25-32

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25} For David says of Him:

I saw the Lord ever before me;
because He is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.

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26}

Therefore my heart was glad,
and my tongue rejoiced.
Moreover, my flesh will rest in hope,

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27}

because You will not leave me in Hades
or allow Your Holy One to see decay.^(A)

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28}

You have revealed the paths of life to me;
You will fill me with gladness
in Your presence.^(B)^(a)

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29} “Brothers, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.^(C) ^{Tools
30} Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants^(b)^(c) on his throne.^(D) ^{Tools
31} Seeing this in advance, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah:

He^(d) was not left in Hades,
and His flesh did not experience decay.^(E)^(e)

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32} “God has resurrected^(F) this Jesus. We are all witnesses of this.

Footnotes:

a. Acts 2:28: Ps 16:8-11

b. Acts 2:30: Other mss add according to the flesh to raise up the Messiah

c. Acts 2:30: Lit one from the fruit of his loin

d. Acts 2:31: Other mss read His soul

e. Acts 2:31: Ps 16:10

Cross references:

A. Acts 2:27: Matthew 11:23; Luke 2:26; Acts 13:35; Hebrews 7:26

B. Acts 2:25: Psalm 16:8-11

C. Acts 2:29: Nehemiah 3:16; Acts 7:8-9; Acts 13:36

D. Acts 2:30: Psalm 132:11; Matthew 22:43; Luke 1:32; Acts 1:8; Hebrews 11:32

E. Acts 2:31: Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:27

F. Acts 2:32: Luke 18:33; Acts 2:24