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Acts 2:24

King James Version (KJV)

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Acts 2:24

Verse 24 of 47

Scripture focus

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

Acts 2:24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 2:24

Theological / Devotional

Whom God hath raised. It is probable that an account of the resurrection of Jesus had found its way among the people, and had been met by the false story recorded in Matt. 28:11-15. But this is the first public witness to that event borne by one of the followers of Jesus.

Pains. Literally, “travail pangs.” The word for “pains” is the same as that for “sorrows” in Matt. 24:8.

Not possible. Peter’s conviction rests, in part, upon the sure words of prophecy quoted in vs. 25-28, which foretell Messiah’s triumph over death. But there are other reasons: (1) Christ’s sinlessness (John 8:46; 1 Peter 2:22; see on Matt. 4:1–11; see Additional Note on John 1) — death could not hold the Innocent One; (2) the Life-giver could not be held by death (John 5:26 ; 10:17, 18).

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