Acts 2:27
For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
28You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.
Cross References
Job 19:25But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;
Psalms 86:13For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld.
Psalms 116:3The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.
Luke 1:35And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.
Luke 16:23And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
Matthew Henry on Acts 2:15-37
Peter's Sermon at Jerusalem. 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and… Read the whole commentary →