Acts 2:22–32
At Pentecost Peter declares that God raised him and death could not hold him
Study it word by word22Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested by God to you by miracles and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know,
23this man, handed over by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed by nailing him to a cross by the hand of lawless men.
24Him God raised up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
25For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord before me always, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be shaken.
26Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; and moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope,
27because you will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
28You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’
29Brothers, it is permitted to speak to you with frankness about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30So, being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one from the fruit of his loins on his throne,
31foreseeing this, he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.
32This Jesus God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.
In its context
20The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21And it will be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
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33Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you see and hear.
34For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
Its words in the original
- ἌνδρεςAndres· man, husband
Man, adult male; with a possessive, "husband".
- ἸσραηλῖταιIsraēlitai· Israelite
Israelite.
- ἀκούσατεakousate· hear, listen
Hear, listen; also heed.
- λόγουςlogous· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- ἸησοῦνIēsoun· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- ΝαζωραῖονNazōraion· Nazarene
Nazarene: from Nazareth. That is what people called Jesus and, later, his followers.
- ἀποδεδειγμένονapodedeigmenon· show, attest, prove
Show, display; attest, prove before all that someone is who he claims to be; also appoint, proclaim.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- δυνάμεσιdynamesi· power, mighty work
Power, strength, ability. In the plural, works of power: miracles.
- τέρασιterasi· wonder
Wonder, portent.
- σημείοιςsēmeiois· sign
Sign, a wonder that points to something.
- ἐποίησενepoiēsen· do, make
Do, make, produce.
- μέσῳmesōi· middle
Middle, in the midst.
- οἴδατεoidate· know
Know, understand; also see.
- ὡρισμένῃhōrismenēi· determine, appoint
Determine, appoint, designate; also mark off a boundary.
- βουλῇboulēi· plan, purpose
Plan, purpose, counsel; also a decision.
- προγνώσειprognōsei· foreknowledge
Foreknowledge: what God knows and determines beforehand.
- ἔκδοτονekdoton· handed over
Handed over, delivered into the hands of others.
- χειρὸςcheiros· hand
Hand.
- ἀνόμωνanomōn· lawless
Lawless, wicked; also without the law, not under the law of Moses.
- προσπήξαντεςprospēxantes· fasten, crucify
Fasten to, fix with nails; hence crucify.
- ἀνείλατεaneilate· take away, kill
Take away, do away with; kill. Also take up, adopt.
- ἀνέστησενanestēsen· rise, raise
Get up, stand up; also rise from the dead.
- λύσαςlysas· loose, untie
Untie, loose, set free; break, make void.
- ὠδῖναςōdinas· birth pains
Labor pains.
- θανάτουthanatou· death
Death.
- καθότιkathoti· because, as
Because, since; also according as.
- ἦνēn· be
Be, exist.
- δυνατὸνdynaton· possible, powerful
Possible; also strong, powerful, able.
- κρατεῖσθαιkrateisthai· seize, retain
Take hold of, seize; also retain, keep.
- ΔαυὶδDauid· David
David, the king of Israel from whose line God promised a king forever (2 Samuel 7:12-16).
- λέγειlegei· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΠροορώμηνProorōmēn· see beforehand, foresee
See beforehand, foresee; also keep before one's eyes.
- κύριονkyrion· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ἐνώπιόνenōpion· before, in front of
In front of, in the presence of.
- δεξιῶνdexiōn· right
Right (hand, side).
- σαλευθῶsaleuthō· shake
Shake, stir; unsettle.
- ηὐφράνθηēuphranthē· rejoice, celebrate
Make glad; in the passive, rejoice, celebrate.
- καρδίαkardia· heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
- ἠγαλλιάσατοēgalliasato· rejoice greatly
Leap for joy, rejoice greatly.
- γλῶσσάglōssa· tongue
Tongue.
- σάρξsarx· flesh
Flesh: the body, and weak human nature; "flesh and blood", a human being with only human strength.
- κατασκηνώσειkataskēnōsei· nest, dwell
Nest, settle down to live.
- ἐλπίδιelpidi· hope
Hope: confidence in what God will do.
- ἐγκαταλείψειςenkataleipseis· forsake
Abandon, leave alone.
- ψυχήνpsychēn· soul, life
Soul: a person's life, the person himself.
- ᾅδηνhaidēn· Hades
Hades: the place of the dead; in Hebrew, Sheol.
- δώσειςdōseis· give
Give.
- ὅσιόνhosion· holy, devout
Holy, devout, faithful to God; of God, the Holy One; "the holy things" promised.
- ἰδεῖνidein· see
See, look; notice.
- διαφθοράνdiaphthoran· decay, corruption
Decay, corruption: the decomposition of the body after death.
- ἐγνώρισάςegnōrisas· make known
Make known.
- ὁδοὺςhodous· way, road
Way, road; journey; also way of life.
- ζωῆςzōēs· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- πληρώσειςplērōseis· fulfill, fill
Fill; fulfill: bring about what a word announced.
- εὐφροσύνηςeuphrosynēs· joy, gladness
Joy, gladness, cheer.
- προσώπουprosōpou· face, presence
Face; also presence, appearance.
- ἀδελφοίadelphoi· brother
Brother. Also a close relative, a fellow countryman and, among believers, a brother in the faith.
- ἐξὸνexon· it is lawful
It is permitted, it is lawful under the law.
- παρρησίαςparrēsias· boldness, openness
Frankness; speaking openly and with courage.
- πατριάρχουpatriarchou· patriarch
Patriarch: a father and head of a people or family, such as Abraham, the sons of Jacob, or David.
- ἐτελεύτησενeteleutēsen· die
Die, come to the end of life.
- ἐτάφηetaphē· bury
Bury.
- μνῆμαmnēma· tomb
Tomb, grave.
- ἄχριachri· until
Until; as far as.
- ἡμέραςhēmeras· day
Day. "In the days of" someone: in their time.
- προφήτηςprophētēs· prophet
Prophet: someone who speaks on God's behalf.
- ὑπάρχωνhyparchōn· be, exist
Be, exist, be present; "what one has", one's possessions.
- ὅρκῳhorkōi· oath
Oath.
- ὤμοσενōmosen· swear
Swear, take an oath.
- καρποῦkarpou· fruit
Fruit; also the result of what someone does.
- ὀσφύοςosphyos· waist
Waist, loins. To "gird the loins" is to get ready to work or travel.
- καθίσαιkathisai· sit down
Sit down; also seat someone. A teacher taught sitting down.
- θρόνονthronon· throne
Throne: the seat of a king or a judge; hence royal power.
- ἐλάλησενelalēsen· speak
Speak, talk.
- ἀναστάσεωςanastaseōs· resurrection
Resurrection: coming back to life after death.
- χριστοῦchristou· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- οὔτεoute· neither, nor
Neither, nor.
- μάρτυρεςmartyres· witness
Witness.