Acts 2:24

But God raised him back to life, freeing him from the burden of death, because death did not have the power to keep him a prisoner.

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In The King James Version

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

In Context

23God, knowing beforehand what would happen, followed his plan and resolved to hand him over to you. By means of the hands of wicked men, you killed him by nailing him to a cross.

25David says of him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.

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Cross References

Psalms 116:16Lord, I really am your slave, serving you as my mother served you before me, yet you have set me free.

Isaiah 26:19But those who died in you, Lord, will live! Their bodies will rise again! Wake up, and sing for joy, you people sleeping in the dust, for the dew you receive is like the dew of the morning giving life to those in the grave.

Hosea 13:14I shall redeem them from the power of Sheol; I shall deliver them from death. Where, death, are your plagues? Where, Sheol, is your destruction? Compassion is hidden from my sight.

Luke 24:1Very early on the first day of the week, the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they'd prepared.

John 10:18No one takes it from me; I choose to lay it down. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is the command my Father gave me.”

John 12:39They were not able to trust him, and as a result they fulfilled what Isaiah also said:

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 →

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