Acts 13:34

New Living Translation

For God had promised to raise him from the dead, not leaving him to rot in the grave. He said, ‘I will give you the sacred blessings I promised to David.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:5

“Is it not my family God has chosen? Yes, he has made an everlasting covenant with me. His agreement is arranged and guaranteed in every detail. He will ensure my safety and success.

Isaiah 55:3

“Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.

Jeremiah 30:9

For my people will serve the Lord their God and their king descended from David— the king I will raise up for them.

Jeremiah 33:26

I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David’s descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them.”

Hosea 3:5

But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the Lord their God and to David’s descendant, their king. In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the Lord and of his goodness.

Amos 9:11

“In that day I will restore the fallen house of David. I will repair its damaged walls. From the ruins I will rebuild it and restore its former glory.

Zechariah 12:8

On that day the Lord will defend the people of Jerusalem; the weakest among them will be as mighty as King David! And the royal descendants will be like God, like the angel of the Lord who goes before them!

Acts 13:30

But God raised him from the dead!

Acts 13:33

and God has now fulfilled it for us, their descendants, by raising Jesus. This is what the second psalm says about Jesus: ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’

Acts 13:37

No, it was a reference to someone else—someone whom God raised and whose body did not decay.

Acts 2:24

But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.

Romans 6:9

We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.