Acts 2:27
For you will not abandon me in the grave, nor will you allow your Holy One to experience decay.
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In Context
26That's why I'm so happy! That's why my words are full of joy! That's why my body lives in hope!
28You have revealed to me the ways of life. You will fill me with joy with your presence.’
Cross References
Job 19:25I know my Redeemer is alive, and that he shall finally take the stand for me on the earth.
Psalms 86:13For your trustworthy love for me is so great; you have saved me from death.
Psalms 116:3I was caught in the snares of death; I was trapped by terrors of the grave. All I experienced was suffering and grief.
Matthew 11:23And what about you, Capernaum? Will you be exalted to heaven? No, you'll go down to Hades! If the miracles had been performed in Sodom which happened among you, Sodom would still be here today.
Luke 1:35He replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you. The baby who is to be born is holy, and will be called the Son of God.
Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham in the far distance, with Lazarus beside him.
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 →