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Acts 13:35

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So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Because he saith also in another psalm, Thou wilt not give thy Holy One to see corruption.

KJV

Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

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This verse in Acts 13

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts · Written before 1107.

"You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption." The body of the Lord and Savior Christ is called incorruptible and immortal, because it is clear that it possessed the property of incorruption from the time of the incarnation itself, since Christ was sinless.

This site's exposition

God raised Him from the dead

on Acts 13:34-35

God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay, and Paul supports it from Isaiah 55:3 and Psalm 16:10. A covenant with David that lasts for ever needs an heir of David who does not decay.

This site's exposition

You will not let Your Holy One

Verse 34 promises the holy blessings of David, and this verse speaks of the Holy One, from the same Greek word. Paul joins Isaiah 55:3 and Psalm 16:10 through that shared term, a method the rabbis called gezerah shavah. The blessings rest on an undying Holy One.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Severus of Antioch

CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 13.35-36 · Written before 538.

proposed

From [the tomb] Christ was raised for us and rose as the true lord of incorruptibility, so that we also, by rising up from our tombs to the anticipated resurrection, may run toward heaven and to the clouds in which he returns in his divine …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Wherefore he saith also in another psalm,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles at their request, and upon the Jews' refusal of it, wherein the apostles justified themselves against the displeasure which the Jews conceived at it, and God owned them,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Wherefore - Διὸ Dio. To the same intent or end. In proof of the same thing - that he must rise and live forever. He saith - God says by David, or David spake the promises made by God. In another psalm - Psa 16:10. Thou wilt not suffer ... - See this explained in the notes on Act 2:27.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

But how do these words prove the resurrection of Christ? "They presuppose it; for since an eternal kingdom was promised to David, the Ruler of this kingdom could not remain under the power of death.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes

The words behind it

12 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.17 worksActs 2:27–31because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.6 worksActs 2:31Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.6 worksActs 13:36–37For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.3 worksPsalms 89:48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah2 worksHebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.2 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Luke 2:26The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.2 worksPsalms 49:9that he should live on forever and not see decay.2 worksJohn 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”2 worksJohn 8:51Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”2 works

Where this verse connects

1 approved connection.

  • Quoted here

    Psalms 16:10

    'not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption': Paul at Antioch.

    Source: public-domain commentaries in agreement

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 16:10

    For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

    it leads to

    • Acts 2:27–31

      because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

    • Psalms 49:15

      But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Acts 13:35–38

      So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’

    • Revelation 1:18

      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.

  • Through

    Hebrews 11:5

    By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 5:21–24

      When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

    • Jude 1:14

      Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

    • 2 Kings 2:11

      As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

    • Hebrews 11:6

      And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on Acts; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); J. A. Alexander, The Acts of the Apostles Explained; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; R. J. Knowling, The Acts of the Apostles, Expositor's Greek Testament; Severus of Antioch, CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 13.35-36 and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.

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