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you will fill me with joy in your presence.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/acts/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You have shown me the way of life, and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/acts/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/acts/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />You have made known to me <i>the</i> paths of life, You will fill me with joy in Your presence.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; THOU WILT MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH THY PRESENCE.’ <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL FILL ME [infusing my soul] WITH JOY WITH YOUR PRESENCE.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have revealed the paths of life to me; you will fill me with gladness in your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have revealed the paths of life to me; You will fill me with gladness in Your presence.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/acts/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He has shown me the path to life, and he makes me glad by being near me." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You make the path of life known to me. In your presence there is complete joy.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You have shown me the paths that lead to life, and your presence will fill me with joy.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You have made the ways of life known to me, and you will fill me with gladness in your presence.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You made known to me the paths of life. You will make me full of joy in your presence.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt make me full of joy with thy countenance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Thou hast made known to me the ways of Life: Thou wilt fill me with gladness in Thy presence.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You made known to me ways of life, "" You will fill me with joy with Your countenance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />You have made known to me <i>the</i> paths of life, You will fill me with joy in Your presence.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou didst make known to me ways of life, Thou shalt fill me with joy with Thy countenance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with gladness with thy face.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast made known to me the ways of life: thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You have made known to me the ways of life. You will completely fill me with happiness by your presence.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’ <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You have made known to me the ways of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You have revealed to me the way of life; you will fill me with joy with your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“You have shown to me the way of life. You shall fill me, O' Sweetness, with your presence!”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Thou didst make known to me the ways of life; thou wilt make me full of joy with thy countenance.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt fill me with gladness with thy countenance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt fill me with delight by thy countenance.?<RX 19.16.8-11><CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy by thy presence."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Thou hast made known to me the ways of Life: Thou wilt fill me with gladness in Thy presence.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Thou didst make known to Me <i>the</i> ways of life; Thou wilt make Me full of gladness with Thy presence.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; <i>and</i> Thou wilt fill me with joy by <i>the light of</i> thy countenance."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/2-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=478" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/2.htm">Peter Preaches to the Crowd</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">27</span>because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1107.htm" title="1107: egnōrisas (V-AIA-2S) -- To make known, declare, know, discover. From a derivative of ginosko; to make known; subjectively, to know.">You have made known</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: moi (PPro-D1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">to me</a> <a href="/greek/3598.htm" title="3598: hodous (N-AFP) -- A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.">the paths</a> <a href="/greek/2222.htm" title="2222: zōēs (N-GFS) -- Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.">of life;</a> <a href="/greek/4137.htm" title="4137: plērōseis (V-FIA-2S) -- From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.">You will fill</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: me (PPro-A1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">me</a> <a href="/greek/2167.htm" title="2167: euphrosynēs (N-GFS) -- Joy, gladness, rejoicing. From the same as euphraino; joyfulness.">with joy</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">in</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: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4383.htm" title="4383: prosōpou (N-GNS) -- From pros and ops; the front, i.e. The countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person.">presence.’</a> </span> <span class="reftext">29</span>Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm 16:11</a></span><br />You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-24.htm">Psalm 73:24</a></span><br />You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm">Isaiah 35:8-10</a></span><br />And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it. / No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it. / So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a></span><br />Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a></span><br />The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/21-6.htm">Psalm 21:6</a></span><br />For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-3.htm">Isaiah 26:3-4</a></span><br />You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You. / Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-14.htm">Matthew 7:14</a></span><br />But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-3.htm">John 17:3</a></span><br />Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/36-7.htm">Psalm 36:7-9</a></span><br />How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings! / They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. / For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Isaiah 42:16</a></span><br />I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a></span><br />We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-8.htm">1 Peter 1:8-9</a></span><br />Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, / now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Psalm 119:105</a></span><br />Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You have made known to me the ways of life; you shall make me full of joy with your countenance.</p><p class="hdg">made.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm 16:11</a></b></br> Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence <i>is</i> fulness of joy; at thy right hand <i>there are</i> pleasures for evermore.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/21-4.htm">Psalm 21:4</a></b></br> He asked life of thee, <i>and</i> thou gavest <i>it</i> him, <i>even</i> length of days for ever and ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/25-4.htm">Psalm 25:4</a></b></br> Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.</p><p class="hdg">make.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/4-6.htm">Psalm 4:6,7</a></b></br> <i>There be</i> many that say, Who will shew us <i>any</i> good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15</a></b></br> As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/21-6.htm">Psalm 21:6</a></b></br> For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/9-29.htm">Countenance</a> <a href="/acts/2-25.htm">Face</a> <a href="/john/6-26.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/acts/2-26.htm">Full</a> <a href="/john/17-13.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/acts/2-26.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/john/20-31.htm">Life</a> <a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">Madest</a> <a href="/luke/3-4.htm">Paths</a> <a href="/acts/2-25.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/john/11-46.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/acts/2-27.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">Countenance</a> <a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Face</a> <a href="/acts/5-3.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/acts/3-10.htm">Full</a> <a href="/acts/2-46.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/acts/2-46.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/acts/2-32.htm">Life</a> <a href="/acts/21-38.htm">Madest</a> <a href="/acts/13-10.htm">Paths</a> <a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/acts/3-26.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/acts/7-28.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-1.htm">The apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, and speaking various languages, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-12.htm">are admired by some, and derided by others;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-14.htm">whom Peter disproves;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-37.htm">he baptizes a great number who were converted;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-41.htm">who afterwards devoutly and charitably converse together; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-43.htm">the apostles working many miracles, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-46.htm">and God daily increasing his church.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>You have made known to me the paths of life;</b><br>This phrase reflects the revelation of divine guidance and wisdom. In the context of <a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a>, Peter is quoting <a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm 16:11</a>, attributed to David, which speaks of God's guidance and the assurance of life beyond death. The "paths of life" can be understood as the ways of righteousness and eternal life, which are revealed through Jesus Christ. This aligns with Jesus' declaration in <a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>, where He states, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." The phrase emphasizes the fulfillment of God's promises and the clarity provided through the Holy Spirit, which was poured out at Pentecost, enabling believers to understand and walk in God's ways.<p><b>You will fill me with joy in Your presence.</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the joy and fulfillment found in communion with God. The presence of God is a central theme throughout Scripture, often associated with the temple in the Old Testament and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament. The joy mentioned here is not merely an emotional state but a profound sense of peace and satisfaction that comes from being in right relationship with God. This joy is a fruit of the Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22</a>) and is fully realized in the presence of God, both now and in the eternal future. The early church experienced this joy as they gathered in unity and fellowship, empowered by the Holy Spirit, as described in <a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a></b><br>The apostle who delivers the sermon at Pentecost, quoting this verse from <a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm 16:11</a> to emphasize the fulfillment of prophecy through Jesus Christ.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The original author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/16.htm">Psalm 16</a>, from which this verse is quoted. David's words are seen as prophetic, pointing to the resurrection of Jesus.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pentecost.htm">Pentecost</a></b><br>The event where the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, enabling them to speak in various tongues and marking the birth of the Church.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the events of <a href="/bsb/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a> take place, significant as the center of Jewish worship and the location of the early Church's beginnings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_holy_spirit.htm">The Holy Spirit</a></b><br>The third person of the Trinity, whose coming at Pentecost empowers the apostles and signifies the new covenant.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">The Fulfillment of Prophecy</a></b><br><a href="/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28</a> demonstrates how Jesus fulfills Old Testament prophecies, affirming the reliability and divine inspiration of Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_path_of_life.htm">The Path of Life</a></b><br>Believers are called to walk in the "paths of life" revealed by God, which leads to eternal life through Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/joy_in_god's_presence.htm">Joy in God's Presence</a></b><br>True joy is found in the presence of God, a joy that transcends circumstances and is rooted in a relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a></b><br>The Holy Spirit guides believers into all truth, revealing the paths of life and filling them with joy and peace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_light_of_the_resurrection.htm">Living in the Light of the Resurrection</a></b><br>Just as Jesus' resurrection was a source of joy and hope, believers are to live in the light of this truth, impacting their daily lives and witness.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) <span class= "bld">Thou hast made known to me the ways</span> of life.--The Apostle does not interpret these words, but we can hardly err in thinking that he would have looked on them also as fulfilled in Christ's humanity, To Him also the ways of life had been made known, and so even in <span class= "ital">Hades</span> He was filled with joy (better, perhaps, <span class= "ital">gladness, </span>as in <a href="/acts/14-17.htm" title="Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.">Acts 14:17</a>), as being in the Paradise of God (<a href="/luke/23-43.htm" title="And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, To day shall you be with me in paradise.">Luke 23:43</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 28.</span> <span class="accented">- Madest</span> for <span class="accented">hast made</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">unto</span> for to, A.V.; gladness for <span class="accented">joy</span>, A.V. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/2-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">You have made known</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐγνώρισάς</span> <span class="translit">(egnōrisas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1107.htm">Strong's 1107: </a> </span><span class="str2">To make known, declare, know, discover. From a derivative of ginosko; to make known; subjectively, to know.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me</span><br /><span class="grk">μοι</span> <span class="translit">(moi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] paths</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁδοὺς</span> <span class="translit">(hodous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3598.htm">Strong's 3598: </a> </span><span class="str2">A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of life;</span><br /><span class="grk">ζωῆς</span> <span class="translit">(zōēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2222.htm">Strong's 2222: </a> </span><span class="str2">Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You will fill</span><br /><span class="grk">πληρώσεις</span> <span class="translit">(plērōseis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4137.htm">Strong's 4137: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me</span><br /><span class="grk">με</span> <span class="translit">(me)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with joy</span><br /><span class="grk">εὐφροσύνης</span> <span class="translit">(euphrosynēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2167.htm">Strong's 2167: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joy, gladness, rejoicing. From the same as euphraino; joyfulness.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">μετὰ</span> <span class="translit">(meta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your</span><br /><span class="grk">σου</span> <span class="translit">(sou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">presence.’</span><br /><span class="grk">προσώπου</span> <span class="translit">(prosōpou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4383.htm">Strong's 4383: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pros and ops; the front, i.e. The countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/acts/2-28.htm">Acts 2:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/acts/2-28.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 2:28 You made known to me the ways (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/2-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 2:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 2:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/2-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 2:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 2:29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>