Bible Strands
Acts 2:27
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses the Jerusalem assembly, declaring that God has already raised Jesus from the dead and is now fulfilling the Davidic prophecy.
The words — ἐγκαταλείψεις (egkataleipseis) translates to “You will abandon,” and ᾅδην (hadēn) denotes “Hades,” framing the divine refusal to leave the Messiah in the realm of the dead.
The thread — This language originates in Psalms 16:10, is explicitly applied to Christ’s completed resurrection in Acts 2:31, and echoes Revelation 1:18 where the Living One holds the keys of Death and Hades.
Why it lands — The text asserts that God’s promise to preserve His Holy One from decay is historically fulfilled, requiring the reader to acknowledge the resurrection as a completed act of divine vindication rather than a future hope.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Cross-references
- Psalms 16:10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- Acts 2:31 Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
- Revelation 1:18 the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Revelation 20:13 The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
- Psalms 86:13 For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
- John 11:39 “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
- Job 19:25 But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- Luke 4:34 “Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”