Acts 13:34

New English Translation

But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:5

My dynasty is approved by God, for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition.

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.

Jeremiah 30:9

But they will be subject to the Lord their God and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.

Jeremiah 33:26

Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David’s descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, I will restore them and show mercy to them.”

Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in the future.

Amos 9:11

“In that day I will rebuild the collapsing hut of David. I will seal its gaps, repair its ruins, and restore it to what it was like in days gone by.

Zechariah 12:8

On that day the Lord himself will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like mighty David, and the dynasty of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.

Acts 13:30

But God raised him from the dead,

Acts 13:33

that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; today I have fathered you.’

Acts 13:37

but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

Romans 6:9

We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he is never going to die again; death no longer has mastery over him.