Acts 13:35
Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 13:35 in other translations
| BSB | So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’ |
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| WEB | Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’ |
| ASV | Because he saith also in another psalm, Thou wilt not give thy Holy One to see corruption. |
| YLT | wherefore also in another place he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption, |
| DARBY | Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption. |
| BBE | Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction. |
| Webster | Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. |
What does Acts 13:35 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 13:34-37
34-37. now no more to return to corruption--that is, to the grave where death reigns; and compare Ro 6:9, "Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more, death hath no more dominion over him." I will give you the sure mercies of David--(Is 55:3). The word rendered "mercies" is peculiar, denoting the sanctity of them, as comprehending the whole riches of the new covenant; while the other word, "sure," points to the…
Barnes' Notes
He saith. God says by David; or David declares the promises made by God.
In another Psalm; Ps 16:10.
Thou shalt not suffer, etc. Acts 2:27.
(c) "in another Psalm" Ps 16:10
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 13:32-37
The resurrection of Christ was the great proof of his being the Son of God. It was not possible he should be held by death, because he was the Son of God, and therefore had life in himself, which he could not lay down but with a design to take it again. The sure mercies of David are that everlasting life, of which the resurrection was a sure pledge; and the blessings of redemption in Christ are a certain earnest…
Acts 13:35 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 13:35
- Psalms 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 2:27-31
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; …
- Acts 13:36-37
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
- John 8:51
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
- Luke 2:26
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
- Psalms 89:48
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
- Psalms 49:9
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
- Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
- John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
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Context
- Acts 13:34
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
- Acts 13:35
Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
Acts 13:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por eso dice también en otro lugar: No permitirás que tu Santo vea corrupción. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | C’est pourquoi il dit aussi dans un autre endroit: « Tu ne permettras point que ton saint voie la corruption ». |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Deshalb sagt er auch an einer anderen Stelle: "Du wirst nicht zugeben, daß dein Frommer die Verwesung sehe". |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ideoque et alias dicit: Non dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem. |