Acts 2:24

but God has raised him to life, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for death to hold him.

Montgomery New Testament

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

23him, delivered up by the settled purpose and fore-knowledge of God, you crucified and killed at the hands of lawless men;

25For David says of him. "I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is at my right hand lest I be shaken.

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Cross References

Luke 24:1On the Sabbath Day they rested in obedience to the commandment, but in the deep dawn of the first day of the week they took the spices which they had prepared, and came to the tomb.

John 10:18"No man is taking it away from me. I am laying it down on my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

John 12:39This was why they could not believe, because Isaiah said again.

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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