Acts 2:25-35

25 "For David says of Him, '¹I SAW THE LORD ALWAYS * IN MY PRESENCE; FOR HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.

26 'THEREFORE * MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED; MOREOVER * MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE;

27 BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO ²HADES, ³NOR ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.

28 'YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.'

29 "Brethren *, I may confidently say to you regarding the ⁴patriarch David that he both ⁵died and ⁶was buried, and ⁷his tomb is with us to this day.

30 "And so, because he was ⁸a prophet and knew that ⁹GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS * ON HIS THRONE,

31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that ¹⁰HE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY.

32 "This Jesus ¹¹God raised up again, to which we are all ¹²witnesses.

33 "Therefore having been exalted ¹³to the right hand of God, and ¹⁴having received from the Father ¹⁵the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has ¹⁶poured forth this which you both see and hear.

34 "For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: '¹⁷THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

35 UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET."'

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 16:8-11
• 2. Matthew 11:23; Acts 2:31
• 3. Acts 13:35
• 4. Acts 7:8; Hebrews 7:4
• 5. Acts 13:36
• 6. 1 Kings 2:10
• 7. Nehemiah 3:16
• 8. Matthew 22:43
• 9. Psalms 132:11; 2 Samuel 7:12; Psalms 89:3
• 10. Matthew 11:23; Acts 2:27
• 11. Acts 2:24; Acts 3:15, 26; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:30; Acts 10:40; Acts 13:30, 33, 34, 37; Acts 17:31; Romans 4:24; Romans 6:4; Romans 8:11; Romans 10:9; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 15:15; 2 Corinthians 4:14; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 1:20; Colossians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 1:21
• 12. Acts 1:8
• 13. Mark 16:19; Acts 5:31
• 14. Acts 1:4
• 15. John 7:39; Galatians 3:14
• 16. Acts 2:17; Acts 10:45
• 17. Psalms 110:1; Matthew 22:44

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "give"
• [b]. Or "devout" or "pious"
• [c]. Lit "see corruption"
• [d]. Lit "Men brothers"
• [e]. Lit "among"
• [f]. Lit "of the fruit of his loins"
• [g]. I.e. the Messiah
• [h]. Lit "see corruption"
• [i]. Or "by"
• [j]. Lit "the heavens"