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Acts 2:31 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" he foreseeing this, spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul wasn’t left in Hades, and his flesh didn’t see decay. "
Acts 2:31
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29 “Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
31 he foreseeing this, spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul wasn’t left in Hades, and his flesh didn’t see decay.
32 This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
33 Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you now see and hear.
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Acts 2:1
"Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place."
Acts 2:2
"Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting."
Acts 2:3
"Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them."
Acts 2:4
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