Acts 2:27 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) because you [i.e., God] will not allow my soul [i.e., this is a reference to Jesus] to remain in Hades [i.e., the unseen place of the departed spirits], neither will you allow [the body of] your Holy One to decay. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For You will not abandon my soul, leaving it helpless in Hades (the state of departed spirits), nor let Your Holy One know decay or see destruction [of the body after death]. American Standard Version (1901) Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption. Common English Bible “because you won’t abandon me to the grave,” “nor permit your holy one to experience decay.” Catholic Public Domain Version For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your Holy One to see corruption. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. |
And Capernaum, do you think you will be lifted up toward heaven [as a proud city]? [No indeed], you will [surely] go down to the place of the unseen [i.e., become obscure or obliterated as a city]. For if the powerful miracles had been performed in Sodom which were performed in your presence, it would have remained [even] until today.
“What business do we have with you, Jesus from Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are; [you are] God’s Holy One.”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Highest [i.e., God] will overshadow you. Therefore, the child you carry will be called the holy Son of God.
And in the unseen place of departed spirits the rich man, who was being tormented, looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus close beside him.
Then Jesus said to the apostles, “These are the words that I told you while I was still with you, [when I said] that everything written in the Law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me needed to be fulfilled.”
“Ha! What business do we have with you, Jesus from Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are; [you are] God’s Holy One.”
Jesus said, “You people, take the stone away.” [But] Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to Jesus, “Lord, his body is decomposing by now, for he has been dead four days.”
therefore, I was glad in my heart, and my mouth expressed this [joy]. In addition, my body will live in hope [of being raised]
You have made known to me what life is all about. You will make me completely happy by your very presence.’
David, foreseeing this, spoke of Christ being raised from the dead. [He said Jesus’ spirit] would not be left in the unseen place of departed spirits, nor would His body decay.
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One [His rightful freedom] and asked for a murderer to be released to you [instead].
For [truly] it was both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, who gathered together in this city [of Jerusalem] against your Holy Servant Jesus
in a split second, as quickly as the twinkle of an eye, when the last trumpet blows. For the trumpet will blow and dead people [i.e., believers] will be raised up, never to decay again, and [the living] will be changed [i.e., physically and spiritually].
[Hos. 13:14 says], “Death, where is your victory [over people]? Death, where is your [harmful] sting?”
But, you people have a “special gift” from the Holy One [Note: The Greek word for “special gift” is “charisma” and probably refers to the Holy Spirit (See Acts 2:38); “Holy One” probably refers to Jesus, (See Acts 2:27; 3:14) ], and all of you know [the truth].
and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am [now] alive forever and ever! And I possess the keys of death and of the unseen place of departed spirits.
The ocean gave up the dead [bodies] that were in it; and death and the unseen place of departed spirits [also] gave up the dead [bodies and spirits] that were in them. And every person was judged according to his deeds.
“And write [this] to the angel of the church at Philadelphia: These are the words of Him who is holy and true, [and] who possesses the key [i.e., the power and authority] of King David, [and] who opens [a door] which no one will close, and who closes one that no one will open: