Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’
- BSB So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
- NKJV Therefore He also says in another Psalm: ‘You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.’
- NASB Therefore, He also says in another Psalm: ‘You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.’
- NLT Another psalm explains it more fully: ‘You will not allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.’
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Quick answer
Another psalm declares, You will not let your Holy One see decay. Scripture foretold that the Messiah's body would not corrupt.
Overview
Paul cites Psalm 16, the same text Peter used at Pentecost (Acts 2:27), to prove the Messiah's resurrection from prophecy. The Holy One whose flesh would not decay points beyond David to Christ. This scriptural argument shows the resurrection was God's plan announced long beforehand.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 16:10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 2:27–31Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 13:36–37For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
- John 3:36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- Luke 2:26And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
- Ps 49:9That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
- Ps 89:48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
- Heb 11:5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
- John 8:51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
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