Acts 13:33

ἐκπεπλήρωκε : “hath fulfilled to the utmost,” cf. Malachi 1:2; Malachi 1:2; 3Ma 1:22, Polyb., i., 67, 1, τὰς ἐπαγγελίας ἐκπ. τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν ἡμῖν, see critical notes. ἀναστήσας : “in that he raised up Jesus,” R.V.; “in that he hath raised up Jesus again,” A.V. The former rendering is quite compatible with the view that the reference of the word here is not to the resurrection of Jesus, but to the raising up of Jesus as the Messiah, cf. Acts 3:22; Acts 7:37; Deuteronomy 18:15. The first prophecy, Acts 13:33, would be fulfilled in this way, whilst in Acts 13:34-35 the prophecy would be fulfilled by the resurrection from the dead, ἀνασ. ἐκ νεκρῶν (see Knabenbauer in loco, p. 233 ff.). Wendt argues that Hebrews 1:5, where the same prophecy is quoted as in Acts 13:33, also refers to the raising up as the Messiah, but see on the other hand Westcott, Hebrews, in loco.