spake of the resurrection of Christ, that neither was he left in hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. It was well known to the Jews, as it now is to all interpreters of the prophetic Psalms, that David habitually speaks in the first person when prophesying of the Christ; and in any given case, if it is made clear that he does not speak of himself, the conclusion is that he speaks of the Christ. This is the force of Peter’s argument, and it proved to his Jewish hearers that which he set out to