Acts 2:24

The resurrection Death and loss God's power and sovereignty

²² Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

²³ Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

²⁵ For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

²⁶ Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest 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.

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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
And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
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Acts 2:32
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
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1 Peter 1:21
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
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Colossians 2:12
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
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Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
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Romans 6:4
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
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2 Corinthians 4:14
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
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John 10:18
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
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