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29 “Gentlemen, brothers, I can speak confidently to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath that he would seat one of his descendants[a] on his throne,[b] 31 he saw what was coming and spoke about the resurrection of Christ, saying that he[c] was neither abandoned to the grave nor did his flesh see decay.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:30 Some witnesses to the text read that he would raise Christ, one of his descendants according to the flesh, to sit.
  2. Acts 2:30 Psalm 89:3-4; 132:11
  3. Acts 2:31 A few witnesses to the text read his life.
  4. Acts 2:31 Psalm 16:10

29 “Fellow Israelites,(A) I can tell you confidently that the patriarch(B) David died and was buried,(C) and his tomb is here(D) 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.(E) 31 Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.(F)

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