Acts 2:24

The resurrection Death and loss God's power and sovereignty

²² Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.

²³ He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

²⁵ David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

²⁶ Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
KJV: Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
WEB: whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
ASV: whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
DARBY: Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;
BLB: whom God raised up, having loosed the agony of death, inasmuch as it was not possible [for] Him to be held by it.

ÅB: men Gud oppreiste ham, idet han løste dødens veer, ettersom det ikke var mulig at han kunne holdes av den.
OTB: Men Gud reiste ham opp fra de døde, frigjorde ham fra dødens smerte, fordi det var umulig for døden å holde ham fast.
B1930: men Gud opreiste ham, idet han løste dødens veer, eftersom det ikke var mulig at han kunde holdes av den.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 6:14
By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
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Acts 2:32
God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
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1 Peter 1:21
Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
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Colossians 2:12
And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
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Romans 8:11
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
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Romans 6:4
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
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2 Corinthians 4:14
knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
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John 10:18
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
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