Acts 2:31

New Living Translation

David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah’s resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave.

Cross References

Psalm 16:10

For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave.

Matthew 11:23

“And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in wicked Sodom, it would still be here today.

Acts 13:35

Another psalm explains it more fully: ‘You will not allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.’

Acts 2:27

For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.

1 Corinthians 15:4

He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.

Galatians 3:8

What’s more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would make the Gentiles right in his sight because of their faith. God proclaimed this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, “All nations will be blessed through you.”