Acts 2:28

28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with gladness with 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 greatly, furthermore also my flesh will live in hope,
27 because you will not abandon my soul in Hades, nor will you permit your Holy One to experience decay.
28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with gladness with your presence.'
29 "Men [and] brothers, it is possible to speak with confidence to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us until this day.
30 Therefore, [because he] was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat {one of his descendants} on his throne,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. A quotation from Ps 16:8-11
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