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29 “Gentlemen, brothers, I can speak confidently to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath that he would seat one of his descendants[a] on his throne,[b] 31 he saw what was coming and spoke about the resurrection of Christ, saying that he[c] was neither abandoned to the grave nor did his flesh see decay.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:30 Some witnesses to the text read that he would raise Christ, one of his descendants according to the flesh, to sit.
  2. Acts 2:30 Psalm 89:3-4; 132:11
  3. Acts 2:31 A few witnesses to the text read his life.
  4. Acts 2:31 Psalm 16:10