Acts 2:27

Acts 2:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• New International Version (NIV)because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.

Context of Acts 2:27

25For David says concerning him, "'I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; 26therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. 28You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.' 29"Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

Acts 2:27 word by word

ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδην, οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• thou wiltἐγκαταλείπωegkataleipō · to leave behindG1459
• notοὐou · noG3756
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• soulψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• hellᾍδηςhadēs · hell: HadesG86
• neitherοὐδέoude · norG3761
• wilt thou sufferδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• thineσύsu · youG4771
• Holy Oneὅσιοςhosios · sacredG3741
• to seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• corruptionδιαφθοράdiaphthora · decayG1312

Cross-references for Acts 2:27

• Psalms 49:15But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah
• Psalms 86:13For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
• Psalms 116:3The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
• Luke 16:23and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
• 1 Corinthians 15:55"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
• Revelation 1:18and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
• Revelation 20:13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.
• Acts 3:14But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
• Acts 4:27for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
• Psalms 89:19Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
• Mark 1:24"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God."
• Luke 1:35And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.
• Luke 4:34"Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God."
• 1 John 2:20But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
• Revelation 3:7"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
• Acts 2:31he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

Commentaries on Acts 2:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell - ̔, in hades, that is, the state of separate spirits, or the state of the dead. Hades was a general term among the Greek writers, by which they expressed this state; and this Hades was Tartarus to the wicked, and Elysium to the good. See the explanation of the word in the note on Matthew 11:23; (note). To see corruption - Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return, was a sentence pronounced on man after the fall…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Thou wilt not leave my soul - The word “soul,” with us, means “the thinking, the immortal part of man,” and is applied to it whether existing in connection with the body or separate from it. The Hebrew word translated “soul” here, נפשׁ nepheshhowever, may mean “spirit, mind, life,” and may denote here nothing more than “me” or “myself.” It means, properly, “breath”; then “life,” or “the vital principle, a living being”; then “the soul, the spirit, the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-36Verses 22-36 From this gift of the Holy Ghost, Peter preaches unto them Jesus: and here is the history of Christ. Here is an account of his death and sufferings, which they witnessed but a few weeks before. His death is considered as God's act; and of wonderful grace and wisdom. Thus Divine justice must be satisfied, God and man brought together again, and Christ himself glorified, according to an eternal counsel, which could not be altered. And as the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27abandon my soul to Hades: See the study note on Matthew 11:23.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2822-28. a man approved of God--rather, "authenticated," "proved," or "demonstrated to be from God." by miracles ... which God did by him--This is not a low view of our Lord's miracles, as has been alleged, nor inconsistent with Joh 2:11, but is in strict accordance with His progress from humiliation to glory, and with His own words in Joh 5:19. This view of Christ is here dwelt on to exhibit to the Jews the whole course of Jesus of Nazareth as the…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 2:27

• Corruption
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• Hades
• Hell
• Orator
• Peter
• Preaching
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions
• Readings, Select
• Resurrection
• Revivals
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Acts 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings