Acts 2:22–36

²²“Listen to these words, fellow-Israelites! Jesus of Nazareth was a man whose divine authority was clearly proven to you by all the miracles and wonders which God performed through him. You yourselves know this, for it happened here among you. ^23*In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you; and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him. ^24*But God raised him from death, setting him free from its power, because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner. ^25*For David said about him:

‘I saw the Lord before me at all times;

he is near me, and I will not be troubled.

^26*And so I am filled with gladness,

and my words are full of joy.

And I, mortal though I am,

will rest assured in hope,

^27*because you will not abandon me in the world of the dead;

you will not allow your faithful servant to rot in the grave.

^28*You have shown me the paths that lead to life,

and your presence will fill me with joy.’

²⁹“My fellow-Israelites, I must speak to you plainly about our famous ancestor King David. He died and was buried, and his grave is here with us to this very day. ^30*He was a prophet, and he knew what God had promised him: God had made a vow that he would make one of David’s descendants a king, just as David was. ³¹David saw what God was going to do in the future, and so he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah when he said:

‘He was not abandoned in the world of the dead;

his body did not rot in the grave.’

³²God has raised this very Jesus from death, and we are all witnesses to this fact. ³³He has been raised to the right-hand side of God, his Father, and has received from him the Holy Spirit, as he had promised. What you now see and hear is his gift that he has poured out on us. ^34*For it was not David who went up into heaven; rather he said:

‘The Lord said to my Lord:

Sit here at my right

^35*until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.’

³⁶“All the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure that this Jesus, whom you crucified, is the one that God has made Lord and Messiah!”