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I am his holy one, and he won't let my body decay. <a href="/erv/acts/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> Because thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption. <a href="/gwt/acts/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> because you do not abandon my soul to the grave or allow your holy one to decay. <a href="/gnt/acts/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> because you will not abandon me in the world of the dead; you will not allow your faithful servant to rot in the grave. <a href="/isv/acts/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or allow your Holy One to experience decay. <a href="/msb/acts/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. <a href="/net/acts/2.htm">NET Bible</a> because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay. <a href="/nheb/acts/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> because you will not abandon my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. <a href="/wbt/acts/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption: <a href="/wey/acts/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For Thou wilt not leave me in the Unseen World forsaken, nor give up Thy holy One to undergo decay. <a href="/web/acts/2.htm">World English Bible</a> because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Because You will not leave my soul to Hades, "" Nor will You give Your Holy One to see corruption; <a href="/blb/acts/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> for You will not abandon my soul into Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see decay. <a href="/ylt/acts/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption; <a href="/slt/acts/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For thou wilt not leave my soul in hades neither wilt thou give thy sanctified one to see corruption.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. <a href="/cpdv/acts/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your Holy One to see corruption. <a href="/nabre/acts/2.htm">New American Bible</a> because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One experience corruption.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Because you will not leave my soul in the grave neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “Because you did not leave my Soul in Sheol and you did not give your Pure One to see destruction.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> because thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. <a href="/godbey/acts/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> because thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. <a href="/haweis/acts/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> that thou wilt not leave my soul in the mansion of the dead, nor permit that Holy One of thine to see corruption. <a href="/mace/acts/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> because thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave, nor wilt thou give thine holy one a prey to corruption. <a href="/wey/acts/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For Thou wilt not leave me in the Unseen World forsaken, nor give up Thy holy One to undergo decay. <a href="/worrell/acts/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> because Thou wilt not leave My soul behind unto Hades; neither wilt Thou give Thy Holy One to see corruption. <a href="/worsley/acts/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> that Thou wilt not leave my soul in the invisible state, nor suffer thine holy one to see corruption. <a href="/parallel/acts/2-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=470" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/2.htm">Peter Preaches to the Crowd</a> …26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope, 27<a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">because</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/1459.htm" title="1459: enkataleipseis (V-FIA-2S) -- From en and kataleipo; to leave behind in some place, i.e. let remain over, or to desert.">You will not abandon</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">my</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5590.htm" title="5590: psychēn (N-AFS) -- From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely.">soul</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/86.htm" title="86: hadēn (N-AMS) -- Hades, the unseen world. Properly, unseen, i.e. Hades or the place of departed souls.">Hades,</a> <a href="/greek/3761.htm" title="3761: oude (Conj) -- Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.">nor</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: dōseis (V-FIA-2S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">will You let</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sou (PPro-G2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">Your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3741.htm" title="3741: Hosion (Adj-AMS) -- Holy, pious, godly, beloved of God. Of uncertain affinity; properly, right, i.e. Hallowed.">Holy One</a> <a href="/greek/3708.htm" title="3708: idein (V-ANA) -- Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.">see</a> <a href="/greek/1312.htm" title="1312: diaphthoran (N-AFS) -- Destruction, decay, corruption. From diaphtheiro; decay.">decay.</a> 28You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a> For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. <a href="/acts/13-35.htm">Acts 13:35</a> So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’ <a href="/matthew/16-21.htm">Matthew 16:21</a> From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. <a href="/luke/24-46.htm">Luke 24:46</a> And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, <a href="/1_corinthians/15-4.htm">1 Corinthians 15:4</a> that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, <a href="/romans/6-9.htm">Romans 6:9</a> For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him. <a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-22</a> Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” / “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” / But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body. ... <a href="/revelation/1-18.htm">Revelation 1:18</a> the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades. <a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm">1 Peter 3:18</a> For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit, <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10</a> Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. <a href="/hosea/6-2.htm">Hosea 6:2</a> After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence. <a href="/psalms/49-15.htm">Psalm 49:15</a> But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah <a href="/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13</a> For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol. <a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25-27</a> But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. / Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. / I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me! <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a> And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption.leave.<a href="/psalms/49-15.htm">Psalm 49:15</a> But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.<a href="/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13</a> For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.<a href="/psalms/116-3.htm">Psalm 116:3</a> The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.thine.<a href="/acts/3-14.htm">Acts 3:14</a> But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;<a href="/acts/4-27.htm">Acts 4:27</a> For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,<a href="/psalms/89-19.htm">Psalm 89:19</a> Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.to see.<a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Acts 2:31</a> He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.<a href="/acts/13-27.htm">Acts 13:27-37</a> For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him… <a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25-27</a> For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/micah/5-3.htm">Abandon</a> <a href="/john/12-7.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/micah/2-10.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-4.htm">Decay</a> <a href="/john/17-12.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/luke/13-35.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/luke/4-22.htm">Gracious</a> <a href="/john/12-17.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/luke/16-23.htm">Hades</a> <a href="/luke/16-23.htm">Hell</a> <a href="/acts/2-4.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/john/21-19.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/acts/1-4.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/john/12-27.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/john/18-8.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/john/21-23.htm">Undergo</a> <a href="/luke/24-31.htm">Unseen</a> <a href="/acts/1-6.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/acts/2-5.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/21-21.htm">Abandon</a> <a href="/acts/13-35.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Decay</a> <a href="/acts/6-14.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/acts/13-35.htm">Gracious</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Hades</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Hell</a> <a href="/acts/2-33.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/acts/7-49.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/acts/4-15.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Undergo</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Unseen</a> <a href="/acts/2-28.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 2</div>1. <a href="/acts/2-1.htm">The apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, and speaking various languages, </a> 12. <a href="/acts/2-12.htm">are admired by some, and derided by others;</a> 14. <a href="/acts/2-14.htm">whom Peter disproves;</a> 37. <a href="/acts/2-37.htm">he baptizes a great number who were converted;</a> 41. <a href="/acts/2-41.htm">who afterwards devoutly and charitably converse together; </a> 43. <a href="/acts/2-43.htm">the apostles working many miracles, </a> 46. <a href="/acts/2-46.htm">and God daily increasing his church.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>because You will not abandon my soul to Hades This phrase is a quotation from <a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a>, where David expresses confidence that God will not leave him in the realm of the dead. In the context of <a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a>, Peter uses this verse to argue that David was speaking prophetically about the Messiah, Jesus Christ. The term "Hades" refers to the abode of the dead, a concept familiar in both Jewish and Greco-Roman thought. In Jewish tradition, Sheol is the equivalent of Hades, a place where souls reside after death. Theologically, this phrase underscores the belief in the resurrection, affirming that Jesus' soul was not left in the grave, but He was raised to life, fulfilling the prophecy and demonstrating His victory over death.nor will You let Your Holy One see decay The term "Holy One" is a messianic title, indicating someone set apart by God for a divine purpose. In the New Testament, Jesus is frequently identified as the Holy One of God. The phrase "see decay" refers to the physical decomposition that occurs after death. Peter's argument in <a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a> is that David, who died and was buried, did see decay, but Jesus, as the Holy One, did not. This is a critical point in early Christian preaching, emphasizing the bodily resurrection of Jesus as a unique event that sets Him apart from all others. The resurrection is seen as a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy and a cornerstone of Christian faith, affirming Jesus' divine nature and His role as the Savior.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle who delivers the sermon at Pentecost, quoting this verse from <a href="/bsb/psalms/16.htm">Psalm 16</a> to explain the resurrection of Jesus. 2. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The original author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/16.htm">Psalm 16</a>, whose words Peter uses to prophesy about the Messiah. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> Referred to as "Your Holy One," whose resurrection is foretold in this passage. 4. <a href="/topical/h/hades.htm">Hades</a> The Greek term for the realm of the dead, indicating that Jesus would not be left in death. 5. <a href="/topical/p/pentecost.htm">Pentecost</a> The event where the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles, empowering Peter to preach this message.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_resurrection.htm">The Certainty of Resurrection</a> <a href="/acts/2-27.htm">Acts 2:27</a> assures believers of the reality of Jesus' resurrection, which is foundational to Christian faith. <a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> This verse highlights the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, demonstrating God's faithfulness and the divine plan for salvation. <a href="/topical/v/victory_over_death.htm">Victory Over Death</a> Jesus' victory over death provides hope for believers that they too will not be abandoned in death but will experience eternal life. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_scripture_in_understanding_jesus.htm">The Role of Scripture in Understanding Jesus</a> Peter's use of <a href="/bsb/psalms/16.htm">Psalm 16</a> shows the importance of Scripture in revealing the identity and mission of Jesus. <a href="/topical/l/living_with_hope.htm">Living with Hope</a> Believers are called to live with the hope and assurance that, like Jesus, they will not be left in the grave.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 2</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_wrath.htm">What is the Harrowing of Hell?</a> <a href="/q/what_happened_to_pre-jesus_dead.htm">What happened to people who died before Jesus?</a> <a href="/q/did_jesus_predict_his_death_and_rising.htm">Did Jesus foresee His own death and resurrection?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_view_on_sexual_sin.htm">What does the Bible say about sexual sin?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell.--Literally, in Hades. (See Note on <a href="/matthew/11-23.htm" title="And you, Capernaum, which are exalted to heaven, shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.">Matthew 11:23</a>.) As interpreted by St. Peter's words in his Epistle (<a href="/1_peter/3-19.htm" title="By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison;">1Peter 3:19</a>), the words conveyed to his mind the thought which has been embodied in the article of the "Descent into Hell," or Hades, in the Apostle's Creed. The death of Christ was an actual death, and while the body was laid in the grave, the soul passed into the world of the dead, the Sheol of the Hebrews, the Hades of the Greeks, to carry on there the redemptive work which had been begun on earth. (Comp. <a href="/context/acts/13-34.htm" title="And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.">Acts 13:34-37</a>, and <a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm" title="(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?">Ephesians 4:9</a>.) Here again we have an interesting coincidence with St. Peter's language (<a href="/1_peter/3-19.htm" title="By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison;">1Peter 3:19</a>), as to the work of Christ in preaching to the "spirits in prison."Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.--The word for "holy" is different from that commonly so rendered, and conveys the idea of personal piety and godliness rather than consecration. As the Psalmist used the words, we may think of them as expressing the confidence that he himself, as loving, and beloved of, God, would be delivered from destruction, both now and hereafter. St. Peter had learnt to interpret the words as having received a higher fulfilment. Christ was, in this sense, as well as in that expressed by the other word, "the Holy One" of God (<a href="/mark/1-24.htm" title="Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, you Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God.">Mark 1:24</a>; <a href="/luke/4-34.htm" title="Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, you Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are; the Holy One of God.">Luke 4:34</a>). In <a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm" title="For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;">Hebrews 7:26</a>; <a href="/revelation/15-4.htm" title="Who shall not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name? for you only are holy: for all nations shall come and worship before you; for your judgments are made manifest.">Revelation 15:4</a>; <a href="/revelation/16-5.htm" title="And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, which are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus.">Revelation 16:5</a>, this very word is applied to Christ. The Hebrew text of <a href="/psalms/16-10.htm" title="For you will not leave my soul in hell; neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption.">Psalm 16:10</a> presents the various reading of "the holy ones," as if referring to the "saints that are upon the earth," of <a href="/acts/2-3.htm" title="And there appeared to them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat on each of them.">Acts 2:3</a>. The LXX., which St. Peter follows, gives the singular, which is indeed essential to his argument, and this is also the reading of the Masoretic text. The Greek word for "corruption" ranges in its meaning from "decay" to "destruction." The Hebrew to which it answers is primarily the "pit" of the grave, and not "corruption," or "wasting away." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 27. - Hades for hell, A.V.; give thy Holy One for suffer thine Holy One, A.V., surely not so good a rendering. Hades. The "hell" of the A.V. is the exact English representative of ᾅδης. The article in the Creed, "He descended into hell," is based upon this text especially, the other two alleged in support of it (<a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm">Ephesians 4:9</a>; <a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm">1 Peter 3:18, 19</a>) being less conclusive (see Pearson on the Creed, art. 5.). It is a pity to lose the word "hell" in its true meaning. Corruption; Greek διαφθρόραν, Hebrew שַׁחַת. The Hebrew word always means a pit (from שׁוּחַ); but the LXX. here render it διαφθορά, as if from שָׁחַת (in Pihel, to destroy, waste; in Hophal and Niphal, to be corrupted, spoilt, to rot). In the A.V. it is rendered corruption, here and in <a href="/job/17-14.htm">Job 17:14</a>, where it answers to "the worms," in the parallel clause. It is very probable that the LXX. are right. Nothing is more common than for Hebrew verbs to take the meaning of verbs with similar radicals. Holy One. So the LXX. and the Keri of the Hebrew text. But the Cethib has Holy Ones in the plural. It is obvious that the singular, Holy One, agrees far better with the singulars which precede and follow it - my heart, my glory, my flesh, my soul, thou wilt show me - than the plural, which is entirely out of place. The two clauses taken together show the full liberation of Christ from the dominion of death - that of his human soul from bell, and that of his body from the grave before it saw corruption (comp. <a href="/acts/13-34.htm">Acts 13:34-37</a>). <a href="/commentaries/acts/2-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. You will not abandon ἐνκαταλείψεις (enkataleipseis) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1459.htm">Strong's 1459: </a> From en and kataleipo; to leave behind in some place, i.e. let remain over, or to desert. my μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. soul ψυχήν (psychēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5590.htm">Strong's 5590: </a> From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely. to εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. Hades, ᾅδην (hadēn) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_86.htm">Strong's 86: </a> Hades, the unseen world. Properly, unseen, i.e. 'Hades' or the place of departed souls. nor οὐδὲ (oude) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3761.htm">Strong's 3761: </a> Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. will You let δώσεις (dōseis) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. Your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Holy One Ὅσιόν (Hosion) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3741.htm">Strong's 3741: </a> Holy, pious, godly, beloved of God. Of uncertain affinity; properly, right, i.e. Hallowed. see ἰδεῖν (idein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. decay. διαφθοράν (diaphthoran) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1312.htm">Strong's 1312: </a> Destruction, decay, corruption. 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