Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 2:30

30 Dàwèi jì shì xiānzhī , yòu xiǎodé shén céng xiàng tā qǐshì , yào cōng tāde hòuyì zhòng , lì yī wèi zuò zaì tā bǎozuò shàng .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 2:30 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 2:30

Therefore being a prophet
Who could foretell things to come, as he did many things concerning the sufferings and death of Christ, and the circumstances attending it, concerning his resurrection, ascension, and session at the right hand of God. So the title of his "Psalms", in the Syriac version, runs thus; the "Book of the Psalms of David, King and Prophet": and in the Arabic version, "the First Book of the Psalms of David the Prophet, King of the Children of Israel". Though the Jews ^F4 will not allow him, nor Solomon, nor Daniel, to be strictly and properly prophets, they make a difference between prophecy, and the Holy Spirit. They own, that the book of Psalms was written under the influence of the Holy Spirit, but not by prophecy; and therefore they place it among the Hagiographa, or holy writings, but not among the Prophets: though after all, Kimchi allows David to be a prophet, since he is called a man of God; for he says this name is not said of any but (aybn le) , "of a prophet" ^F5; and Peter is right in calling him so:

and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him;
as he did in ( Psalms 132:11 ) .

that of the fruit of his loins;
of one that should be of his seed, that should spring from him, even the Virgin Mary, who was of the house and lineage of David:

according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ;
would send him forth, according to the human nature; for this phrase respects not his resurrection from the dead, but his incarnation or exhibition in the flesh, as in ( Acts 3:26 ) ( 13:23 ) . This clause is wanting in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, and in the Alexandrian copy, and should be read in a parenthesis; since it is not in the text in ( Psalms 132:11 ) .

to sit on his throne;
on the throne of David his father; (See Gill on Luke 1:32).

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Maimon. More Nevochim, par. 2. c. 45. Vid. Procop. Gazaeum in Reg. l. 2. c. 23. sect. 2.
F5 Kimchi Praefat. ad Psalm.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 2:30 In-Context

28 Nǐ yǐ jiāng shēngmìng de dàolù zhǐshì wǒ , bì jiào wǒ yīn jiàn nǐde miàn , ( huò zuò jiào wǒ zaì nǐ miànqián ) dé zhe mǎnzū de kuaìlè .

29 Dìxiōng men , xiān zǔ Dàwèi de shì , wǒ kĕyǐ míng míng de duì nǐmen shuō , tā sǐ le , yĕ zàng mái le , bìngqiĕ tāde fùnmù , zhídào jīnrì hái zaì wǒmen zhèlǐ .

30 Dàwèi jì shì xiānzhī , yòu xiǎodé shén céng xiàng tā qǐshì , yào cōng tāde hòuyì zhòng , lì yī wèi zuò zaì tā bǎozuò shàng .

31 Jiù yùxiān kàn míng zhè shì , jiǎnglùn Jīdū fùhuó shuō , tāde línghún , bù piĕ zaì yīnjiān , tāde ròushēn , yĕ bù jiàn xiǔ huaì .

32 Zhè Yēsū , shén yǐjing jiào tā fùhuó le , wǒmen dōu wéi zhè shì zuò jiànzhèng .