22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you aby miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know—
23 Him, abeing delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, byou have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;
24 awhom God raised up, having loosed the2 pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
25 For David says concerning Him:
a‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face,
For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken.
a‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face,
For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken.
28 You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’
You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’
29 “Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you aof the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30 Therefore, being a prophet, aand knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body,1 according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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What Does Acts 2:24 Mean?
Acts 2:24
Twenty-three times a similar statement is made in the Scriptures. Someone else, the Father, God, raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Jesus could not do it Himself! He was dead.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Fully Man and Fully God? (1994)
Related Topics: Authority, God the Father Greater
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| God the Father Greater in Authority
| God the Father in Supreme Command
| Jesus Christ's Relationship with God the Father
| Jesus Christ's Death
| Jesus Christ's Resurrection
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