Acts 2:27

David declares God will not abandon his soul to Hades nor let His Holy One see decay. It is the key prophecy Peter applies to Jesus' resurrection.

Cross-references · 23

• Ps 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
• Acts 2:31Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
• Rev 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
• Rev 20:13The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
• 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 Cor 15:52in 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.
• Ps 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
• 1 Cor 15:55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
• Rev 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
• 1 Jn 2:20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
• Job 19:25–27But 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!”
• Jonah 2:6To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
• Matt 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
• Ps 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
• Mark 1:24“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!”
• Luke 1:35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
• Ps 89:19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
• Acts 13:27–37The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
• Ps 49:15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
• Acts 3:14You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
• Acts 4:27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
• Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

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