Acts 2:31

31 with prophetic foresight he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, to the effect that He was not left forsaken in the Unseen World, nor did His body undergo 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 "As to the patriarch David, I need hardly remind you, brethren, that he died and was buried, and that we still have his tomb among us.

30 Being a Prophet, however, and knowing that God had solemnly sworn to him to seat a descendant of his upon his throne,

31 with prophetic foresight he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, to the effect that He was not left forsaken in the Unseen World, nor did His body undergo decay.

32 This Jesus, God has raised to life-- a fact to which all of us testify.

33 "Being therefore lifted high by the mighty hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out this which you see and hear.