Acts 2:31
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Acts 2:31 in other translations
| BSB | Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay. |
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| WEB | he foreseeing this, spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul wasn’t left in Hades, and his flesh didn’t see decay. |
| ASV | he foreseeing this spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. |
| YLT | having foreseen, he did speak concerning the rising again of the Christ, that his soul was not left to hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. |
| DARBY | he, seeing it before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption. |
| BBE | He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction. |
| Webster | He seeing this before, spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither did his flesh see corruption. |
What does Acts 2:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 2:29-36
29-36. David ... is ... dead and buried, &c.--Peter, full of the Holy Ghost, sees in this sixteenth Psalm, one Holy Man, whose life of high devotedness and lofty spirituality is crowned with the assurance, that though He taste of death, He shall rise again without seeing corruption, and be admitted to the bliss of God's immediate presence. Now as this was palpably untrue of David, it could be meant only of One…
Barnes' Notes
Spake, etc. See Ps 16.
That his soul, etc. Acts 2:27.
(*) "before" or, "Forseeing" (a) "spake of the resurrection" 1Pet 1:11,12
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 2:22-36
From this gift of the Holy Ghost, Peter preaches unto them Jesus: and here is the history of Christ. Here is an account of his death and sufferings, which they witnessed but a few weeks before. His death is considered as God's act; and of wonderful grace and wisdom. Thus Divine justice must be satisfied, God and man brought together again, and Christ himself glorified, according to an eternal counsel, which could…
Acts 2:31 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 2:31
- Acts 2:27
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Psalms 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 13:35
Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- 1 Peter 1:11-12
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
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Context
- Acts 2:30
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 2:31
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
- Acts 2:32
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Acts 2:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Viéndolo antes, habló de la resurrección de Cristo, que su alma no fué dejada en el infierno, ni su carne vió corrupción. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il a dit de la résurrection du Christ, en la prévoyant, qu’il n’a pas été laissé dans le hadès, et que sa chair non plus n’a pas vu la corruption. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | hat er, voraussehend, von der Auferstehung des Christus geredet, daß er nicht im Hades zurückgelassen worden ist, noch sein Fleisch die Verwesung gesehen hat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | providens locutus est de resurrectione Christi, quia neque derelictus est in inferno, neque caro ejus vidit corruptionem. |