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class="pageNum" aria-hidden="true" data-no="1463" data-before-text="1463"></span>leave me<a id="footnotesource21" data-fnid="21" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001061148/20">*</a> in the Grave,<a id="footnotesource22" data-fnid="22" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001061148/21">*</a> nor will you allow your loyal one to see corruption.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001061148/53" data-bid="54-1" class="b">+</a> </span></p> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="resultSubheadings"> </li> </ul> <ul class="results"> <li class="linkCard"> <a href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/int/44/2#v=44:2:27" class="jwac showRuby scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1101985068 pub-int pub- pub-int docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr chrome cardContainer noTooltips cardLine1Prominent lnk" data-nav-scope-data="[]"> <div class="cardThumbnail "> <span class=" cardThumbnailImage thumbnail icon-default publication pub-int " data-pub-symbol="int" ></span> </div> <div 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<ruby><rb>εἰς </rb><rt>into</rt></ruby> <ruby><rb>ᾅδην, </rb><rt>hades,</rt></ruby> <ruby><rb>οὐδὲ </rb><rt>neither</rt></ruby> <ruby><rb>δώσεις </rb><rt>you will give</rt></ruby> <ruby><rb>τὸν </rb><rt>the</rt></ruby> <ruby><rb>ὅσιόν </rb><rt>loyal one</rt></ruby> <ruby><rb>σου </rb><rt>of you</rt></ruby> <ruby><rb>ἰδεῖν </rb><rt>to see</rt></ruby> <ruby><rb>διαφθοράν. </rb><rt>corruption.</rt></ruby> </span></p> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="resultSubheadings"> </li> </ul> <ul class="results"> <li class="linkCard"> <a href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/Rbi8/44/2#v=44:2:27" class="jwac showRuby scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1001060047 pub-Rbi8 pub- pub-Rbi8 docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr chrome cardContainer noTooltips cardLine1Prominent lnk" data-nav-scope-data="[]"> <div class="cardThumbnail "> <span class=" cardThumbnailImage thumbnail icon-default publication pub-Rbi8 " data-pub-symbol="Rbi8" ></span> </div> <div class="cardTitleBlock"> <div class=" cardLine1 ellipsized cardHalfHeight cardLine1Prominent"><span class="sectionIcon"></span> Acts 2:27 </div> <div class=" cardLine2 ellipsized cardLine1Prominent"> New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References </div> </div> <div class="cardTitleDetail"></div> <div class="cardChevron"> <div class="icon"></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="result"> <ul class="resultItems"> <li class="scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1001060047 pub-Rbi8 pub- pub-Rbi8 docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr"> <article class="scalableui"> <p id="p10" data-pid="10"><span id="v44-2-27-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001060047/27092" class="vl vp">27 </a>because you will not leave my soul in Haʹdes,<a id="footnotesource23" data-fnid="23" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001060047/22">*</a> neither will you allow your loyal one to see corruption.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001060047/88" data-bid="89-1" class="b">+</a> </span></p> </article> </li> 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On the day of Pentecost when declaring Christ’s resurrection to the Jews, Peter applied this psalm of David to Jesus.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/61/0" data-bid="62-1" class="b">Ac 2:24, 25</a>; see Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/20/0">Soul</a>,” and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/4">App. A2</a>.</p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="s5"><strong>the Grave:</strong> Or “Hades.” The Greek term <em>haiʹdes,</em> perhaps meaning “the unseen place,” occurs ten times in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/21/0">Christian Greek Scriptures</a>. (See <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/62/0" data-bid="63-1" class="b">Mt 11:23;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/62/1" data-bid="63-2" class="b"> 16:18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/62/2" data-bid="63-3" class="b"> Lu 10:15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/62/3" data-bid="63-4" class="b"> 16:23;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/62/4" data-bid="63-5" class="b"> Ac 2:27,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/62/5" data-bid="63-6" class="b"> 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/62/6" data-bid="63-7" class="b"> Re 1:18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/62/7" data-bid="63-8" class="b"> 6:8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/62/8" data-bid="63-9" class="b"> 20:13, 14</a>.) This verse quotes <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/63/0" data-bid="64-1" class="b">Ps 16:10</a>, which uses the corresponding Hebrew term “Sheol,” also rendered “the Grave.” The <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070691/22/0"><em>Septuagint</em></a> generally uses the Greek “Hades” as the equivalent of the Hebrew “Sheol.” In the Scriptures, both terms refer to the common grave of mankind; other original-language terms denote an individual grave. 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