he said on this wise Better, "He [i.e. God] hath spoken on this wise." The words are from Isaiah 55:3.

I will give you the sure mercies of David Rather, "I will give you the holy and faithful (mercies) of David." There is no word for "mercies" in the original; but the word rendered "holy" is one which the LXX. have frequently used to represent the Hebrew word for "mercies." St Paul to the audience at Antioch used the Greek version, though no doubt he carried along with him the thought of the Hebrew. But having this Greek rendering as an interpretation of the "everlasting covenant" of which Isaiah speaks in the verse here quoted, he connects the "holyand faithful things of David" with that verse of David's Psalm (Acts 16:10) which tells how God will not give his Holy Oneto see corruption.

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