the grave after death; in other words, they are taken to refer to resurrection. The apostles also read that meaning into them, as a reference to the resurrection of Christ—arguing that if these are David’s words (as all the psalms were thought to be) and David was dead, then they must have referred to someone other than David, that is, to Jesus. “Brethren, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet,