Bible Strands
Acts 2:24
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses the assembled Jewish crowd in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, directly after accusing them of killing Jesus (Acts 2:23).
The words — ὠδῖνας (ōdinas) is the literal word for a woman's labor pains; Peter applies it to death's hold on Jesus, making the release from death read as a kind of birth.
The thread — The same claim recurs in Acts 2:32, 1 Corinthians 6:14, and 1 Peter 1:21, each pairing God's raising of Jesus with a present or future implication for believers.
Why it lands — The verse removes death from the list of final authorities over Jesus; a reader must then decide what remains of death's claim over them.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 6:14 By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
- Acts 2:32 God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
- 1 Peter 1:21 Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
- Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
- Colossians 2:12 And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
- Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
- John 10:18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:14 knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
- Ephesians 1:20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,