2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Acts 2:24-31
From Wesleyan Discipline
2:24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
2:25 David said about him:
- “‘I saw the Lord always before me.
- Because he is at my right hand,
- I will not be shaken.
- “‘I saw the Lord always before me.
2:26
- Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
- my body also will rest in hope,
- Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
2:27
- because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
- you will not let your holy one see decay.
- because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
2:28
- You have made known to me the paths of life;
- you will fill me with joy in your presence.’
- You have made known to me the paths of life;
2:29 “Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. 2:30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. 2:31 Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.