Acts 2:31

He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. HE, SEEING THIS BEFORE, SPAKE OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST - not that Peter means to say that David was conscious of not speaking in this psalm of Christ's resurrection and not his own; but that the prophetic spirit in David, knowing all that was to come to pass, so directed the thoughts and shaped the language of David, that in point of fact he "spake of the resurrection of Christ," THAT HIS SOUL WAS NOT LEFT, [not kateleifthee (G2641), as in the Received Text, which has next to no support, but engkateleifthee (G1459) and oute (G3777) ......

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 people's act; in them it was an act of awful sin and folly. Christ's resurrection did away the reproach of his death; Peter speaks largely upon this. Christ was God's Holy One, sanctified and set apart to his service in the work of redemption. His death and sufferings should be, not to him only, but to all his, the entrance to a blessed life for evermore. This event had taken place as foretold, and the apostles were witnesses. Nor did the resurr...

Verse 31. _THAT HIS SOUL WAS NOT LEFT IN HELL_] The words η ψυχη αυτου, _his soul_, are omitted by ABCD, _Syriac, Coptic, AEthiopic_, and _Vulgate_. Griesbach has left them out of the text, and Professor White says again, _certissime delenda_. The passage may be thus read: "He spake of the resurrection of Christ, that he was not left in hades, neither did his flesh see corruption." For the _various readings_ in this and the preceding verse, see _Griesbach_....

HE, SEEING THIS BEFORE ... - By the spirit of prophecy. From this it appears that David had distinct views of the great doctrines pertaining to the Messiah. SPAKE ... - See Psalms 16:1. THAT HIS SOUL ... - See the notes on Acts 2:27....

EXPOSITION ACTS 2:1 _Was now come _for _was fully come, _A.V.; _all together _for _with one accord, _A.V. and T.R. WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS NOW COME; literally, _when the day of Pentecost_—_i.e._, of the fiftieth day—was in _the course of being completed. _The fiftieth day (reckoned from the end of the 16th of Nisan, on which Jesus was crucified) was actually come, but was not ended (comp. Luke 9:11). ALL TOGETHER; ὁμοῦ for ὁμοθυμαδόν_: _but ὁμοθυμαδόν—a favorite word in the Acts (Acts 4:24, note)—seems preferable to ὁμοῦ, which occurs only in St. John. IN ONE PLACE (see...

HE SEEING THIS BEFORE,.... Or by a spirit of prophecy foreseeing it, that according to God's promise and oath, the Messiah would be raised up, and spring from his seed; and also by the same Spirit foresaw that he would suffer and die, and be laid in the grave, the pit of corruption: SPAKE OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST; from the dead, to the sense of the following words, in Psalms 16:10. THAT HIS SOUL WAS NOT LEFT IN HELL: neither his separate soul in Hades, nor his body in the grave; NEITHER HIS FLESH DID SEE CORRUPTION; or his body, or his "carcass", as the Syriac version renders it, did not lie so long in the grave as to rot and putrefy....

We cannot too often read the story of that wondrous outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; and let us never read it without asking the Lord to manifest in our midst the fullness of the Spirit's power. We may not have a repetition of the miraculous gifts which were then bestowed upon the apostles and those who were with them; but we may have that gracious influence which shall convince and convert those who gather to hear the Word. Our success in preaching the Word is entirely dependent upon the presence and working of the Holy Spirit; therefore, let our prayer be,Вѕ «Lord God, the Holy Ghost, In this accepted hour, As on the day of Pentecost, Descend in all thy power. «The young, the old inspire With wisdom from above; And give us hearts and tongues of fire, To pray, and praise, and love.» A

HELL Hades. (_ See Scofield) - (Luke 16:23). _...

ACTS 2:31 Through an accidental oversight on the part of the scribe, codex Bezae (D* itd) lacks proi?dw.n evla,lhsen peri. th/j....

CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1)._ 2. The Immediate Effect of His Presence (Acts 2:5). 3. Peter's Address (Acts 2:14). 4. The Result of the Witness (Acts 2:37). 5. The Gathered Company in Fellowship (Acts 2:42). This is an important chapter. The Promise of the Father was fulfilled, the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity came down to earth, to be the other Comforter. He came on that blessed day. Two things are at once apparent. He came upon the assembled believers individually, and also did a work i