28 You have revealed the paths of life to me;
You will fill me with gladness
in Your presence.(A)[a]

29 “Brothers, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.(B) 30 Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants[b][c] on his throne.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:28 Ps 16:8-11
  2. Acts 2:30 Other mss add according to the flesh to raise up the Messiah
  3. Acts 2:30 Lit one from the fruit of his loin

28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence.’[a](A)

29 “Fellow Israelites,(B) I can tell you confidently that the patriarch(C) David died and was buried,(D) and his tomb is here(E) to this day. 30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:28 Psalm 16:8-11 (see Septuagint)

28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

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