Acts 2:22–36

²²“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth^q was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs,^r which God did among you through him,^s as you yourselves know. ²³This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge;^t and you, with the help of wicked men,^d put him to death by nailing him to the cross.^{u 24}But God raised him from the dead,^v freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.^{w 25}David said about him:

“ ‘I saw the Lord always before me.

Because he is at my right hand,

I will not be shaken.

²⁶Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will rest in hope,

²⁷because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,

you will not let your holy one see decay.^x

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

you will fill me with joy in your presence.’^ey

²⁹“Fellow Israelites,^z I can tell you confidently that the patriarch^a David died and was buried,^b and his tomb is here^c to this day. ³⁰But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.^{d 31}Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.^{e 32}God has raised this Jesus to life,^f and we are all witnesses^g of it. ³³Exalted^h to the right hand of God,ⁱ he has received from the Father^j the promised Holy Spirit^k and has poured out^l what you now see and hear. ³⁴For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,

“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:

“Sit at my right hand

³⁵until I make your enemies

a footstool for your feet.” ’^fm

³⁶“Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lordⁿ and Messiah.”^o