27 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
    you will not let your holy one see decay.(A)

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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.(A)

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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.’[a](A)

35 So it is also stated elsewhere:

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

36 “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep;(C) he was buried with his ancestors(D) and his body decayed. 37 But the one whom God raised from the dead(E) did not see decay.

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Footnotes

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

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