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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.
• 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

25David said about him: “ ‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay. 28You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’ 29“Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here 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 redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.
• Psalms 86:13For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.
• Psalms 116:3The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
• Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
• 1 Corinthians 15:55“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
• Revelation 1:18I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
• Revelation 20:13The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.
• Acts 3:14You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
• Acts 4:27Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
• Psalms 89:19Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.
• Mark 1:24“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
• Luke 1:35The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
• Luke 4:34“Go away! What do you want 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 an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
• Revelation 3:7“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
• Acts 2:31Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.

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
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• Peter
• Preaching
• Prophecy
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• Readings, Select
• Resurrection
• Revivals
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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