Acts 13:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Because he saith also in another [psalm], Thou wilt not give Thy Holy One to see corruption.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 16:10 : 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
Acts 2:27-31 : 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance. 29 {G435} Brethren, I may say unto {G3326} you freely of the patriarch David, that he {G5053} both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne; 31 he foreseeing [this] spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he {G5590} left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Acts 13:36-37 : 36 For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37 but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.
Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:
Ps 49:9 : 9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
Ps 89:48 : 48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {H5542}
Luke 2:26 : 26 And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never {G165} see death.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Acts 2:24-31
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24whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord {G1223} always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26Therefore {G2165} my {G5124} heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; {G2532} Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope:
27Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.
28Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.
29{G435} Brethren, I may say unto {G3326} you freely of the patriarch David, that he {G5053} both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.
30Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;
31he foreseeing [this] spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he {G5590} left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Acts 13:33-34
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33that God hath fulfilled the same unto our {G846} children, in that he raised up Jesus; {G450} as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.
Ps 16:9-11
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9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall dwell in safety.
10For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
11Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Acts 13:36-37
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36For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.
Acts 2:34-35
2 verses
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34For David ascended not {G305} into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
Ps 49:9
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9That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
Acts 13:29-30
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29And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
30But God raised him from the dead:
Mark 12:36-37
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36David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
37David himself {G3767} calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
Luke 20:42
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42For David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Ps 132:10-11
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10For thy servant David's sake Turn not away the face of thine anointed.
11Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
Ps 89:35-36
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35Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
36His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
Ps 89:48-49
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48What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {H5542}
49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
Heb 5:5-6
2 verses
69%
5So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:
6as he saith also in another [place], Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
Ps 110:4-5
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4Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
5The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Ps 49:15
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15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {H5542}
Ps 2:7
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7I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
Ps 110:1
68%
1A Psalm of David. Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Matt 22:43-44
2 verses
68%
43He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
44The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet?
Ps 88:11
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11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?
Ps 34:20
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20He keepeth all his bones: Not one of them is broken.
Heb 10:5
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5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;
Ps 89:19
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19Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
Ps 30:3
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3O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Heb 1:8-9
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8but of the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore {G5124} God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
1 Chr 17:13
67%
13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;
Luke 20:44
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44David therefore calleth him Lord, and how is he {G2532} his son?
Luke 2:26
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26And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Ps 121:3
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3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Acts 4:25
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25who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?