Acts 13:34

God's Word

“God stated that he brought Jesus back to life and that Jesus’ body never decayed. He said, ‘I will give you the enduring love promised to David.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:5

“Truly, God considers my house to be that way, because he has made a lasting promise  to me, with every detail arranged and assured. ⌞He promised⌟ everything that helps me, everything that pleases me. Truly, he makes these things happen.

Isaiah 55:3

Open your ears, and come to me! Listen so that you may live! I will make an everlasting promise  to you— the blessings I promised to David.

Jeremiah 30:9

You will serve the Lord your God and David your king. I will establish him for you.

Jeremiah 33:26

Then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and of my servant David. I would not let any of David’s descendants rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. However, I will restore their fortunes and love them.”

Hosea 3:5

After that, the Israelites will turn and look to the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord for his blessings in the last days.

Amos 9:11

On that day I will set up David’s fallen tent. I will repair the holes in it. I will restore its ruined places. I will rebuild them as they were a long time ago.

Zechariah 12:8

On that day the Lord will defend those who live in Jerusalem so that even those who stumble will be like David, and David’s family will be like God, like the Messenger of the Lord ahead of them.

Acts 13:30

But God brought him back to life,

Acts 13:33

God has fulfilled the promise for us, their descendants, by bringing Jesus back to life. This is what Scripture says in the second psalm: ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’

Acts 13:37

However, the man God brought back to life had a body that didn’t decay.

Acts 2:24

But God brought him from death back to life and destroyed the pains of death, because death had no power to hold him.

Romans 6:9

We know that Christ, who was brought back to life, will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.