Acts 2:24

2:24 But God raised him up,46 having released47 him from the pains48 of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.49

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46	tn Grk “Whom God raised up.”
47	tn Or “having freed.”
48	sn The term translated pains is frequently used to describe pains associated with giving birth (see Rev 12:2). So there is irony here in the mixed metaphor.
49	tn Or “for him to be held by it” (in either case, “it” refers to death’s power).