Acts 2:27

Good News Translation

because you will not abandon me in the world of the dead; you will not allow your faithful servant to rot in the grave.

Cross References

Psalm 116:3

The danger of death was all around me; the horrors of the grave closed in on me; I was filled with fear and anxiety.

Psalm 16:10

because you protect me from the power of death. I have served you faithfully, and you will not abandon me to the world of the dead.

Psalm 49:15

But God will rescue me; he will save me from the power of death.

Psalm 86:13

How great is your constant love for me! You have saved me from the grave itself.

Psalm 89:19

In a vision long ago you said to your faithful servants, “I have given help to a famous soldier; I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.

Jonah 2:6

I went down to the very roots of the mountains, into the land whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O Lord my God, brought me back from the depths alive.

Matthew 11:23

And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would still be in existence today!

Mark 1:24

“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Are you here to destroy us? I know who you are—you are God's holy messenger!”

Luke 1:35

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and God's power will rest upon you. For this reason the holy child will be called the Son of God.

Luke 16:23

and in Hades, where he was in great pain, he looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “These are the very things I told you about while I was still with you: everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the writings of the prophets, and the Psalms had to come true.”

Luke 4:34

“Ah! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Are you here to destroy us? I know who you are: you are God's holy messenger!”

John 11:39

“Take the stone away!” Jesus ordered. Martha, the dead man's sister, answered, “There will be a bad smell, Lord. He has been buried four days!”

Acts 2:26

And so I am filled with gladness, and my words are full of joy. And I, mortal though I am, will rest assured in hope,

Acts 2:28

You have shown me the paths that lead to life, and your presence will fill me with joy.’

Acts 2:31

David saw what God was going to do in the future, and so he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah when he said, ‘He was not abandoned in the world of the dead; his body did not rot in the grave.’

Acts 3:14

He was holy and good, but you rejected him, and instead you asked Pilate to do you the favor of turning loose a murderer.

Acts 4:27

For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah.

1 Corinthians 15:55

“Where, Death, is your victory? Where, Death, is your power to hurt?”

1 John 2:20

But you have had the Holy Spirit poured out on you by Christ, and so all of you know the truth.

Revelation 1:18

I am the living one! I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I have authority over death and the world of the dead.

Revelation 20:13

Then the sea gave up its dead. Death and the world of the dead also gave up the dead they held. And all were judged according to what they had done.

Revelation 3:7

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: “This is the message from the one who is holy and true. He has the key that belonged to David, and when he opens a door, no one can close it, and when he closes it, no one can open it.