33 this promise[a] God has fulfilled to our children[b] by[c] raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second psalm,

‘You are my Son;
    today I have fathered you.’[d]

34 But that he has raised him from the dead, no more going to return to decay, he has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the reliable divine decrees of David.’[e] 35 Therefore he also says in another psalm,[f]

‘You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.’[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:33 It is necessary to repeat the word “promise” from the previous verse for clarity here
  2. Acts 13:33 Some manuscripts have “to us their children”
  3. Acts 13:33 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“raising”) which is understood as means
  4. Acts 13:33 A quotation from Ps 2:7
  5. Acts 13:34 A quotation from Isa 55:3
  6. Acts 13:35 *The word “psalm” is not in the Greek text but is implied
  7. Acts 13:35 A quotation from Ps 16:10

33 he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus.(A) As it is written in the second Psalm:

“‘You are my son;
    today I have become your father.’[a](B)

34 God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said,

“‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’[b](C)

35 So it is also stated elsewhere:

“‘You will not let your holy one see decay.’[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:33 Psalm 2:7
  2. Acts 13:34 Isaiah 55:3
  3. Acts 13:35 Psalm 16:10 (see Septuagint)