Acts 2:30

David, then, prophet as he was, knowing that God had solemnly sworn to him to set one of his descendants on his throne, looked into the future,

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Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

In Context

29Friends, I can speak to you the more confidently about the patriarch David, because he is dead and buried, and his tomb is here among us to this very day.

31and referred to the resurrection of the Christ when he said that he had not been abandoned to Hades, nor had his body undergone corruption.

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Cross References

Psalms 72:1Give the king, O God, your own spirit of justice your spirit of right to the son of the king,

Psalms 89:19In a vision of old you did speak in this way to the one whom you loved: “A crown I have set on the hero I chose to be over the people

Psalms 132:11The Lord swore an oath to David an oath that he will not break; “I will set on your throne a prince of your line.

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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