\{I almost died!\}\par Death’s ropes were wrapped around me.\par The grave was closing in around me.\par I was scared and worried.\par
Acts 2:27 - Easy To Read Version because you will not leave me\par in the place of death. {\cf2\super [31]} \par You will not let the body of your Holy One rot in the grave.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For You will not abandon my soul, leaving it helpless in Hades (the state of departed spirits), nor let Your Holy One know decay or see destruction [of the body after death]. American Standard Version (1901) Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption. Common English Bible “because you won’t abandon me to the grave,” “nor permit your holy one to experience decay.” Catholic Public Domain Version For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your Holy One to see corruption. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. |
\{I almost died!\}\par Death’s ropes were wrapped around me.\par The grave was closing in around me.\par I was scared and worried.\par
Why? Because, Lord, you will not leave\par my soul in the place of death.\par You will not let your faithful one rot\par in the grave. {\cf2\super [88]} \par
But God will pay the price\par and save my life. {\cf2\super [296]} \par He will save me\par from the power of the grave\par when he takes me \{to be with him\}!\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [297]})\i0 \par
God, you have such great love for me.\par You save me from the place of death.\par
You spoke to your followers in a vision\par and said,\par “I chose a young man from the crowd.\par And I made that young man important.\par I made that young soldier strong.\par
I was at the bottom of the sea,\par the place where mountains begin.\par I thought I was locked in this prison forever.\par But the Lord my God took me out\par of my grave!\par God, you gave me life again!\par
And you, Capernaum, {\cf2\super [149]} will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the place of death. I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Sodom, {\cf2\super [150]} \{the people of\} Sodom \{would have stopped sinning and it\} would still be a city today.
“Jesus of Nazareth! What do you want with us? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are—God’s Holy One!”
The angel said to Mary, “The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [15]} will come to you and the power of the Most High (God) will cover you. The baby will be holy. He will be called the Son of God.
He was sent to the place of death {\cf2\super [266]} and had much pain. The rich man saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his arms.
Jesus said to them, “Remember when I was with you before? I said that everything written about me must happen—everything written in the law of Moses, the books of the prophets, {\cf2\super [396]} and the Psalms.”
“Jesus of Nazareth! What do you want with us? Did you come here to destroy us? I know who you are—God’s Holy One!”
So my heart is happy,\par and the words I speak are words of joy.\par Yes, even my body will live with hope,\par
You taught me how to live.\par You will come close to me\par and give me great joy.’\par \i (Psalm 16:8-11)\i0 \par
David knew this before it happened. That is why David said this about that person:
Jesus was pure and good (innocent), but you said you did not want him. You told Pilate to give you a murderer {\cf2\super [54]} instead of Jesus.
These things really happened when Herod, {\cf2\super [76]} Pontius Pilate, the nations, and the Jewish people all ‘came together’ against Jesus here in Jerusalem. Jesus is your holy Servant. He is the One you (God) made to be the Christ. {\cf2\super [77]}
It will only take the time of a second. We will be changed as quickly as an eye blinks. This will happen when the last trumpet blows. The trumpet will blow and those \{believers\} who have died will be raised to live forever. And we \{also\} will all be changed.
“Death, where is your victory?\par Grave, where is your power to hurt?”\par \i (Hosea 13:14)\i0 \par
You have the gift {\cf2\super [6]} that the Holy One (God or Christ) gave you. So you all know \{the truth\}.
I am the One who lives. I was dead, but look: I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. {\cf2\super [11]}
The sea gave up the dead people that were in it. Death and Hades {\cf2\super [156]} gave up the dead people that were in them. Each person was judged by the things he had done.