Acts 2:31

31 Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.

Acts 2:31 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 2:31

He seeing this before
Or by a spirit of prophecy foreseeing it, that according to God's promise and oath, the Messiah would be raised up, and spring from his seed; and also by the same Spirit foresaw that he would suffer and die, and be laid in the grave, the pit of corruption:

spake of the resurrection of Christ;
from the dead, to the sense of the following words, in ( Psalms 16:10 ) .

that his soul was not left in hell:
neither his separate soul in Hades, nor his body in the grave;

neither his flesh did see corruption;
or his body, or his "carcass", as the Syriac version renders it, did not lie so long in the grave as to rot and putrefy.

Acts 2:31 In-Context

29 Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

31 Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.

32 God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.

33 Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.