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30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins [a]he would set one upon his throne; 31 he foreseeing this spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

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  1. Acts 2:30 Or, one should sit

30 And so, because he was (A)a prophet and knew that (B)God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one [a]of his descendants on his throne, 31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of [b]the Christ, that (C)He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh [c]suffer decay.

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  1. Acts 2:30 Lit of the fruit of his loins
  2. Acts 2:31 I.e. the Messiah
  3. Acts 2:31 Lit see corruption

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.(A) 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.(B)

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