Acts 2:27
Because You will not abandon my soul in Hades, 1 nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 1
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
26Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; 1 moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope. 1
28You have made known to me the ways of life; 1 You will fill me full of joy with Your presence.’
Cross References
Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, the one having been exalted to heaven, you will be brought down to Hades; because if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; therefore, also, that holy child which is to be born shall be called the Son of God.
Luke 16:23And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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 →