Acts 2:25-35

25 For David says with reference to him, 'I saw the Lord before me {continually}, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.
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,
31 [by] having foreseen [this], he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he abandoned in Hades nor did his flesh experience decay.
32 This Jesus God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out this that you see and hear.
34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." '

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Footnotes 9

  • [a]. A quotation from Ps 16:8-11
  • [b]. *Here "[because]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as causal
  • [c]. Literally "from the fruit of his loins"
  • [d]. *Here "[by]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("having foreseen") which is understood as means
  • [e]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [f]. Or "Messiah"
  • [g]. Or "of whom," referring to Jesus
  • [h]. Some manuscripts have "both see and hear"
  • [i]. A quotation from Ps 110:1
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