²⁴God raised himⁱ up, having brought to an end the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. ²⁵For David says with reference to him,

‘I saw the Lord before me continually,^j

for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

²⁶For this reason my heart was glad

and my tongue rejoiced greatly,

furthermore also my flesh will live in hope,

²⁷because you will not abandon my soul in Hades,

nor will you permit your Holy One to experience decay.

²⁸You have made known to me the paths of life;

you will fill me with gladness with your presence.’^k

²⁹“Men and brothers, it is possible to speak with confidence to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us until this day. ³⁰Therefore, because he^* was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants^l on his throne, ³¹by^* having foreseen this,^* he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,^m that neither was he abandoned in Hades nor did his flesh experience decay. ³²This Jesus God raised up, of whichⁿ we all are witnesses.

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Acts 2:24: God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Footnotes

iLiterally “whom”; it is necessary to specify “him” in the translation to avoid confusion with the “lawless men” in the previous verse
jLiterally “through everything”
kA quotation from Ps 16:8–11
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as causal
lLiterally “from the fruit of his loins”
*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“having foreseen”) which is understood as means
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
mOr “Messiah”
nOr “of whom,” referring to Jesus