Acts 13:37 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 13:37

But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

BSB

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ASV

but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.

KJV

But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

The One Whom God raised up did not see corruption, but made the place of the tomb a place of incorruption, because Christ, having risen by His own power, truly shone forth as the author of incorruption, so that we too might rise from the …

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But he whom God raised again,.... The Vulgate Latin version adds, "from the dead"; meaning the Lord Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead by God the Father: and saw no corruption; he did not lie so long in the grave as to corrupt and putrefy, but was raised from the dead the third day; wherefore the passage, before cited, is very applicable to him, and is a clear proof that the Messiah was to rise from the dead, as Jesus did.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὃν	hon	The [One]	G3739 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ἤγειρεν,	ēgeiren	raised up	G1453 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
εἶδεν	eiden	did see	G1492 →
διαφθοράν.¶	diaphthoran	decay.	G1312 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 2:24
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:14
  By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
- 1 Peter 1:21
  Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
- Acts 2:32
  God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
- Romans 8:11
  And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His…
- Colossians 2:12
  And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Through
Acts 13:30
But God raised Him from the dead,
leads to
- Acts 2:24
  But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
- Acts 17:31
  For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- Matthew 28:6
  He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts