Acts 2:28

28 You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy by your presence.'

Acts 2:28 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 2:28

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life
That is, thou hast raised me from the dead. When God raised Christ from the dead, he showed him, or made him to know experimentally the way of life, or the way of the resurrection from death to life; and this path of life, or of the resurrection to an immortal and eternal life, was first shown to Christ, who is the first fruits of them that slept, and the first begotten from the dead.

Thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance;
or glorious presence, in which is fulness of joy; which Christ, as man, is in, and fully possessed of, being exalted at the right hand of God, and crowned with glory and honour, and has all the joy that was set before him in his sufferings and death.

Acts 2:28 In-Context

26 For this reason, my heart was glad; and my tongue rejoiced; and now my body too will live on in the certain hope
27 that you will not abandon me to Sh'ol or let your Holy One see decay.
28 You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy by your presence.'
29 "Brothers, I know I can say to you frankly that the patriarch David died and was buried - his tomb is with us to this day.
30 Therefore, since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him that one of his descendants would sit on his throne,
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