28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
    you will fill me with gladness with your presence.’[a]

29 “Men and brothers, it is possible to speak with confidence to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us until this day. 30 Therefore, because he[b] was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants[c] on his throne,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:28 A quotation from Ps 16:8–11
  2. Acts 2:30 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as causal
  3. Acts 2:30 Literally “from the fruit of his loins”