Acts 2:27
Because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover my flesh shall also abide in hope:
28You have made known to me the ways of life; you shall make me full of joy with your presence.
Cross References
Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? you shall be brought down to Hades: for if the miracles which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
Luke 1:35And the angel answered her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you: therefore the holy child to be born shall be called the Son of God.
Luke 16:23And in Hades he lift up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, 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 →