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As God has said, &#8220&#8217I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.&#8217 <a href="/nlt/acts/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> For God had promised to raise him from the dead, not leaving him to rot in the grave. He said, ‘I will give you the sacred blessings I promised to David.’ <a href="/esv/acts/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’ <a href="/bsb/acts/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’ <a href="/blb/acts/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And that He raised Him out from the dead, no more being about to return to decay, He spoke thus: 'I will give to you the holy and sure blessings of David.' <a href="/kjv/acts/13.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/acts/13.htm">New King James Version</a> And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the sure mercies of David.’ <a href="/nasb_/acts/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> As for the fact that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY AND FAITHFUL MERCIES OF DAVID.’ <a href="/nasb/acts/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: &#8216I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/acts/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And as for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no more to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.’ <a href="/lsb/acts/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He has spoken in this way: ‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and FAITHFUL lovingkindnesses OF DAVID.’ <a href="/amp/acts/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And [as for the fact] that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay [in the grave], He has spoken in this way: ‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY AND SURE blessings OF DAVID [those blessings and mercies that were promised to him].’ <a href="/csb/acts/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> As to his raising him from the dead, never to return to decay, he has spoken in this way, I will give you the holy and sure promises of David. <a href="/hcsb/acts/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings made to David. <a href="/asv/acts/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David. <a href="/cev/acts/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> God raised Jesus from death and will never let his body decay. It is just as God said, "I will make to you the same holy promises that I made to David." <a href="/erv/acts/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David. <a href="/gwt/acts/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "God stated that he brought Jesus back to life and that Jesus' body never decayed. He said, 'I will give you the enduring love promised to David.' <a href="/gnt/acts/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> And this is what God said about raising him from death, never to rot away in the grave: 'I will give you the sacred and sure blessings that I promised to David.' <a href="/isv/acts/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> God raised him from the dead, never to experience decay, as he said, 'I'll give you the holy promises made to David.' <a href="/net/acts/13.htm">NET Bible</a> But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.' <a href="/nheb/acts/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: 'I will give to you the faithful sacred things of David.' <a href="/wbt/acts/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And as concerning that he raised him from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. <a href="/wey/acts/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And as to His having raised Him from among the dead, never again to be in the position of one soon to return to decay, He speaks thus: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.'<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/acts/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’ <a href="/web/acts/13.htm">World English Bible</a> “Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And that He raised Him up out of the dead, to no longer return to corruption, He has said this: I will give to You the holy [blessings] of David [that are] faithful; <a href="/blb/acts/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And that He raised Him out from the dead, no more being about to return to decay, He spoke thus: 'I will give to you the holy and sure blessings of David.' <a href="/ylt/acts/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus -- I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David; <a href="/slt/acts/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And that he raised him from the dead, no more about to return to corruption, so he said, That I will give you the holy, faithful things of David.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And to shew that he raised him up from the dead, not to return now any more to corruption, he said thus: I will give you the holy things of David faithful. <a href="/cpdv/acts/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Now, since he raised him from the dead, so as to no longer return to corruption, he has said this: ‘I will give to you the holy things of David, the faithful one.’ <a href="/nabre/acts/13.htm">New American Bible</a> And that he raised him from the dead never to return to corruption he declared in this way, ‘I shall give you the benefits assured to David.’ <a href="/nrsvce/acts/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> As to his raising him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, ‘I will give you the holy promises made to David.’<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And God raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, as he said, I will give you the sure mercies of David. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/13.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And so God raised him from among the dead that he will not return again to see destruction, as it says: 'I shall give you the favor of faithful David.'<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/13.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: I will give you the sure mercies of David. <a href="/godbey/acts/13.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And because he raised him up from the dead, no longer about to return to corruption, He has thus said, I will give unto you the faithful mercies of David. <a href="/haweis/acts/13.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But that he raised him from the dead, no more in future to return to corruption, he hath thus spoken, ?I will give you the holy things of David, which are sure.?<RX 23.55.3> <a href="/mace/acts/13.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and to show that he rais'd him from the dead, never more to return to corruption, he said thus, "I will faithfully perform the promises, which I made to David." <a href="/wey/acts/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And as to His having raised Him from among the dead, never again to be in the position of one soon to return to decay, He speaks thus: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.' <a href="/worrell/acts/13.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And that He raised Him up from the dead no more to return to corruption, He hath thus spoken, 'I will give to you the holy and faithful promises of David.' <a href="/worsley/acts/13.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to the place of corruption, He hath said thus, "I will give you the sure mercies of David." <a href="/parallel/acts/13-34.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=4393" 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/13.htm">In Pisidian Antioch</a> …33He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’ 34<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: Hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">In fact,</a> <a href="/greek/450.htm" title="450: anestēsen (V-AIA-3S) -- To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up.">God raised</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3498.htm" title="3498: nekrōn (Adj-GMP) -- (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.">the dead,</a> <a href="/greek/3371.htm" title="3371: mēketi (Adv) -- No longer, no more. From me and eti; no further.">never</a> <a href="/greek/3195.htm" title="3195: mellonta (V-PPA-AMS) -- A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.">to see</a> <a href="/greek/5290.htm" title="5290: hypostrephein (V-PNA) -- To turn back, return. From hupo and strepho; to turn under, i.e. To return."></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."></a> <a href="/greek/1312.htm" title="1312: diaphthoran (N-AFS) -- Destruction, decay, corruption. From diaphtheiro; decay.">decay.</a> <a href="/greek/2046.htm" title="2046: eirēken (V-RIA-3S) -- Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say.">As He has said:</a> <a href="/greek/3779.htm" title="3779: houtōs (Adv) -- Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows)."></a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because."></a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: Dōsō (V-FIA-1S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">‘I will give</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3741.htm" title="3741: hosia (Adj-ANP) -- Holy, pious, godly, beloved of God. Of uncertain affinity; properly, right, i.e. Hallowed.">holy and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4103.htm" title="4103: pista (Adj-ANP) -- Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful.">sure blessings</a> <a href="/greek/1138.htm" title="1138: Dauid (N-GMS) -- David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.">promised to David.’</a> 35So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’…<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="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a> Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David. <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="/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="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Hebrews 13:20</a> Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, <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="/psalms/89-28.htm">Psalm 89:28-29</a> I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. / I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a> And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ... <a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a> He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!” <a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28</a> I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. <a href="/2_timothy/2-8.htm">2 Timothy 2:8</a> Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel, <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/1-4.htm">Romans 1:4</a> and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. <a href="/hebrews/1-5.htm">Hebrews 1:5</a> For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”? <a href="/psalms/2-7.htm">Psalm 2:7</a> I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. <a href="/1_chronicles/17-11.htm">1 Chronicles 17:11-14</a> And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.now.<a href="/romans/6-9.htm">Romans 6:9</a> Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.I will.<a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a> Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.the sure.<a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm">2 Samuel 7:14-16</a> I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: … <a href="/2_samuel/23-5.htm">2 Samuel 23:5</a> Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.<a href="/psalms/89-2.htm">Psalm 89:2-4,19-37</a> For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens… mercies.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/12-13.htm">Blessings</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/acts/13-22.htm">David</a> <a href="/acts/13-30.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Decay</a> <a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/acts/12-9.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/acts/13-9.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-9.htm">Mercies</a> <a href="/acts/8-27.htm">Position</a> <a href="/acts/13-32.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/luke/1-55.htm">Promises</a> <a href="/acts/13-33.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/acts/12-18.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/acts/6-13.htm">Speaks</a> <a href="/mark/12-32.htm">Stated</a> <a href="/acts/12-11.htm">Sure</a> <a href="/luke/19-17.htm">Trustworthy</a> <a href="/acts/13-24.htm">Way</a> <a href="/acts/11-8.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/acts/13-27.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/12-14.htm">Blessings</a> <a href="/acts/13-35.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/acts/13-36.htm">David</a> <a href="/acts/13-37.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/acts/13-35.htm">Decay</a> <a href="/acts/13-35.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/acts/17-28.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/acts/13-35.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/acts/18-9.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/romans/11-29.htm">Mercies</a> <a href="/acts/13-50.htm">Position</a> <a href="/acts/18-21.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/romans/1-31.htm">Promises</a> <a href="/acts/13-37.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/acts/17-13.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/romans/3-19.htm">Speaks</a> <a href="/acts/13-35.htm">Stated</a> <a href="/acts/21-22.htm">Sure</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-2.htm">Trustworthy</a> <a href="/acts/13-41.htm">Way</a> <a href="/acts/13-41.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/acts/13-40.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 13</div>1. <a href="/acts/13-1.htm">Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles.</a> 6. <a href="/acts/13-6.htm">Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the sorcerer.</a> 13. <a href="/acts/13-13.htm">Paul preaches at Antioch that Jesus is Christ.</a> 42. <a href="/acts/13-42.htm">The Gentiles believe;</a> 44. <a href="/acts/13-44.htm">but the Jews talked abusively against Paul, </a> 46. <a href="/acts/13-46.htm">whereupon they turn to the Gentiles, of whom many believe.</a> 50. <a href="/acts/13-50.htm">The Jews raise a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, who go to Iconium.</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/13.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/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>In fact, God raised Him from the dead This phrase emphasizes the central Christian doctrine of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The resurrection is a pivotal event in Christian theology, affirming Jesus' victory over sin and death. It fulfills Old Testament prophecies, such as <a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a>, which speaks of God's Holy One not seeing decay. The resurrection is also a cornerstone for the apostolic preaching in the Book of Acts, as seen in Peter's sermon in <a href="/acts/2-24.htm">Acts 2:24-32</a>. Historically, the resurrection is attested by multiple witnesses and is foundational for the early church's growth and the spread of Christianity.never to see decay This phrase underscores the belief that Jesus' resurrection was not temporary but eternal. Unlike others who were raised from the dead in the Bible, such as Lazarus, Jesus' resurrection was unique because He would never die again. This fulfills the prophecy in <a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a> and distinguishes Jesus as the eternal Son of God. The concept of not seeing decay also connects to the idea of Jesus as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20</a>), indicating that believers will also share in this resurrection life.As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’ This phrase refers to the Davidic Covenant, which promised an everlasting kingdom through David's lineage (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>). The "holy and sure blessings" are understood as the fulfillment of God's promises to David, which are ultimately realized in Jesus Christ, the Messiah. <a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a> is often cited in connection with this promise, highlighting the eternal nature of God's covenant. Jesus, as a descendant of David, fulfills these promises, establishing an eternal kingdom and offering salvation to all who believe. This connection to David also reinforces Jesus' rightful place as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, fulfilling the messianic expectations of the Old Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign Creator who raised Jesus from the dead, affirming His power over life and death. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure of Christianity, whose resurrection is the cornerstone of Christian faith. 3. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The second king of Israel, a man after God's own heart, to whom God made significant promises regarding his lineage. 4. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> The apostle who is speaking in this passage, delivering a sermon in Pisidian Antioch. 5. <a href="/topical/p/pisidian_antioch.htm">Pisidian Antioch</a> A city in modern-day Turkey where Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel during their missionary journey.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_promises.htm">The Certainty of God's Promises</a> God's promises are reliable and fulfilled in Christ. Believers can trust in His faithfulness. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_the_resurrection.htm">The Power of the Resurrection</a> Jesus' resurrection is a testament to God's power over death and a promise of eternal life for believers. <a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">The Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> The resurrection of Jesus is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, affirming the unity and truth of Scripture. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_the_davidic_covenant.htm">The Importance of the Davidic Covenant</a> Understanding the promises made to David helps believers see the continuity of God's redemptive plan through history. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_light_of_the_resurrection.htm">Living in the Light of the Resurrection</a> Believers are called to live with hope and purpose, knowing that Jesus' victory over death assures us of our future resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 13</a> <a href="/q/how_is_david's_covenant_still_relevant.htm">In Isaiah 55:3, how can the everlasting covenant with David still hold significance after Israel’s monarchy ended historically? </a> <a href="/q/does_proverbs_16_4_imply_god_created_evil.htm">Proverbs 16:4 states God made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for a day of disaster--doesn't this suggest a divine origin for evil, conflicting with the idea of a just and loving God?</a> <a href="/q/does_psalm_59_13_conflict_with_mercy.htm">Does the violent imagery in Psalm 59:13 conflict with the Bible's broader moral teachings on mercy and forgiveness?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_give_jehoram_a_fatal_disease.htm">Why does this passage depict God inflicting a fatal bowel disease on Jehoram (2 Chronicles 21:18-19) instead of using more merciful methods?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(34) Now no more to return to corruption.--We note from the turn of the phrase that St. Paul already has the words 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> in his mind, though he has not as yet referred to it.I will give you the sure mercies of David.--The words do not seem in themselves to have the nature of a Messianic prediction. To those, however, whose minds were full to overflowing with the writings of the prophets they would be pregnant with meaning. What were the "sure mercies of David" (<a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm" title="Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.">Isaiah 55:3</a>) but the "everlasting covenant" of mercy which was to find its fulfilment in One who should be "a leader and commander to the people?" We may well believe that the few words quoted recalled to St. Paul and to his hearers the whole of that wonderful chapter which opens with "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters." The Greek word for "mercies" is the same adjective as that translated "holy" in the next verse, "holiness" being identified with "mercy," and so forms a connecting link with the prophecy cited in the next verse.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 34. - Hath spoken for said, A.V.; holy and sure blessings for sure mercies, A.V. No more to return to corruption. This is added to show that Christ's resurrection was a final victory over death; not like that of Lazarus, or the Shunammite's son, or Jairus's daughter, but, as St. Paul himself says (<a href="/romans/6-9.htm">Romans 6:9</a>), "Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more, death hath no more dominion over him." Here he tells us that this eternal exemption of Christ from death was promised or signified in <a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a>, which he quotes from the LXX., only abbreviating the διαθήσομαι κ.τ.λ., into δώσω, I will give. What, then, is meant by the ὅσια Δαβὶδ τὰ πιστά? The Hebrew has חֻסְדֵי דָוְד הַנֶּךאמָנִים, which can mean nothing else but "the sure mercies of David," the favor and mercy promised to David in God's everlasting covenant, well ordered in all things and sure. And in like manner, in <a href="/2_chronicles/6-42.htm">2 Chronicles 6:42</a>, ὅσια Δαβὶδ means "the mercies of God to David." And if we turn to the account of this covenanted mercy in <a href="/2_samuel/7.htm">2 Samuel 7</a>, we shall see that it comprises the setting of David's seed upon his throne for ever (see specially vers. 12-16). In ver. 15 it is said, חַסְדִי לאִ יָסוּר מִמֶּגוּ, "My mercy shall not depart from him." And in the next verse his house and his kingdom are described as being נֶאְמַן לְעֹלָם, sure," or "established for ever," which, when applied to the personal Christ, the Son of David, manifestly implies his eternal exemption from death and corruption (see also <a href="/psalms/132-4.htm">Psalm 132:4</a>). The sense of the Hebrew, therefore, is clever and certain, and it is equally certain that the LXX. meant to represent this sense in the version here quoted by St. Paul. Ὅσιος, though properly meaning "holy, pious," and thence "mild" and "merciful" (εἰρηνικὸς, Hesych.) as applied to man, came to be applied in the same senses to God (<a href="/revelation/15-4.htm">Revelation 15:4</a>; <a href="/revelation/16-5.htm">Revelation 16:5</a>; and here and in the LXX.). Beyond doubt, therefore, the passage before us is rightly rendered in the A.V., "the sure mercies of David;" the plural, ὅσια, represents the חֲסָדִים of the Hebrew. Clemens Alex. (quoted by Schleusner) uses it in the same way for "mercies or "benefits:" Πόσα αὐτῷ ὀφείλομεν ὅσια: "For how many mercies are we indebted to Christ!" In a similar way, the Latin pietas is used for God's "justice" or "kindness" ('AEneid,' 2:536; 5:688). "Trini pulses pietatem" (on a sepulchral monument, A.D. 1427): "Beat at the door of God's mercy." Gronovius, in his note on 'AEian. V. H.,' 8:1, where he ascribes to ὅσιος the primitive sense of what is "just" and "due," from man either to God or to his fellowman, adds, "Tribuunt quidem LXX? interpetiam Deo τὸ ὅσιον: sod etiam tum significat quoddam quasi offcium benignitatia in heroines pios, Deo decorum." <a href="/commentaries/acts/13-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>In fact, Ὅτι (Hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. [God] raised ἀνέστησεν (anestēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_450.htm">Strong's 450: </a> To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up. Him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. [the] dead νεκρῶν (nekrōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead. never μηκέτι (mēketi) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3371.htm">Strong's 3371: </a> No longer, no more. From me and eti; no further. to see μέλλοντα (mellonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3195.htm">Strong's 3195: </a> A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something. decay. διαφθοράν (diaphthoran) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1312.htm">Strong's 1312: </a> Destruction, decay, corruption. From diaphtheiro; decay. As He has said: εἴρηκεν (eirēken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2046.htm">Strong's 2046: </a> Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say. ‘I will give Δώσω (Dōsō) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st 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. you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. the τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. holy [and] ὅσια (hosia) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3741.htm">Strong's 3741: </a> Holy, pious, godly, beloved of God. Of uncertain affinity; properly, right, i.e. Hallowed. sure [blessings] πιστά (pista) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4103.htm">Strong's 4103: </a> Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful. [I promised to] David.’ Δαυὶδ (Dauid) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1138.htm">Strong's 1138: </a> David, King of Israel. 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