Acts 2:30

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Therfore, seeyng he was a prophete, and knewe that God had sworne with an oth to hym, that Christe, as concernyng the fleshe, should come of the fruite of his loynes, & should syt on his seate:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Προφήτης οὖν ὑπάρχων, καὶ εἰδὼς ὅτι ὅρκῳ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεός, ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ, τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, ἀναστήσειν τὸν Χριστόν, καθίσαι ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ·

Transliteration

Prophētēs oun huparchōn, and eidōs that horkō ōmosen to him the Theos, from karpou of the osphuos of him, according to sarka, anastēsein the Christon, to sit upon the thronou of him;

Grammar Details

• *Prophētēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - prophet
• *oun*: conjunction - therefore/then
• *huparchōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being/existing
• *eidōs*: perfect active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - knowing
• *horkō*: dative, masculine, singular - with an oath
• *ōmosen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he swore
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *karpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of fruit/offspring
• *osphuos*: genitive, feminine, singular - of loins/body
• *sarka*: accusative, feminine, singular - flesh
• *anastēsein*: future active infinitive - to raise up
• *Christon*: accusative, masculine, singular - Christ/Messiah
• *thronou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of throne

Word Meanings

• *huparchōn*: being/existing/serving as
• *eidōs*: knowing/understanding/being aware
• *horkō*: oath/sworn promise
• *ōmosen*: swore/took an oath
• *karpou*: fruit/offspring/descendant
• *osphuos*: loins/waist/reproductive power
• *sarka*: flesh/human descent/physical nature
• *anastēsein*: to raise up/establish/resurrect
• *Christon*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *thronou*: throne/seat of power/royal dignity

Referenced Verses

• Ps 132:11-18 : 11 God hath sworne for a trueth vnto Dauid, and he wyll not go from it: I wyll place vpon thy throne some of the fruite of thy body. 12 If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt and my testimonies whiche I wyll teache them: their chyldren also shall sit vpon thy throne for euermore. 13 For God hath chosen to be in Sion: he had a desire that it might be an habitation for hym. 14 This is sayeth he my rest for euer: heare I wyll dwell, for I haue a desire to it. 15 I wyll aboundauntly powre my blessinges vpon her victuals: and I wyll satisfie her poore with bread. 16 I wyll clothe her priestes with saluation: and her saintes shall make an exceeding ioyfull noyse. 17 I will make there the horne of Dauid to bud vp: I wyll ordayne a light for mine annoynted. 18 I wyll clothe his enemies with shame: but his crowne shall florishe vppon hym selfe.
• 2 Sam 7:11-16 : 11 And sence the time that I set iudges ouer my people of Israel) And I will geue thee rest from all thyne enemies: And the Lorde telleth thee, that he will make thee an house. 12 And when thy dayes be fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I will set vp thy seede after thee, whiche shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablyshe his kingdome. 13 He shall buyld house an for my name, & I wil stablyshe the throne of his kingdome for euer. 14 I will be his father, and he shalbe my sonne: If he sinne, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the plagues of the children of men. 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I toke it from Saul, who I put away before thee. 16 And thyne house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee, euen thy throne shalbe stablished for euer.
• 2 Sam 23:2 : 2 The spirite of the Lorde spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
• Ps 89:3-4 : 3 I haue made a couenaunt with my chosen: I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt. 4 I wyll establishe thy seede for euer: and buylde vp thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.
• 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For the prophesie came not in olde time by the wyll of man: but holy men of God, spake as they were moued by the holy ghost.
• Rev 17:14 : 14 These shall fyght with the lambe, and the lambe shall ouercome them: For he is Lorde of Lordes, and Kyng of Kynges, and they that are on his syde, are called, and chosen, and faythfull.
• Rev 19:16 : 16 And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written, King of kinges, and Lorde of lordes.
• Ps 89:19-37 : 19 Thou hast spoken somtimes in visions vnto thy saintes: and hast sayde, I haue added ayde vpon the mightie, I haue exalted one chose out of the people. 20 I haue founde Dauid my seruaunt: I haue annoynted him with myne holye oyle. 21 Therfore my hande shalbe assured vnto him: and mine arme shall strengthen hym. 22 The enemie shal not be able to do him violence: the sonne of wickednesse shall not afflict hym. 23 I wyll breake into peeces his foes before his face: and ouerthrowe them that hate hym. 24 My trueth also and my mercy shalbe with hym: and in my name shall his horne be exalted. 25 I wyll set also his dominion in the sea: and his right hande in the fluddes. 26 He shall make inuocation vnto me: saying thou art my father O my God, and my fortresse of saluation. 27 And I will make him my first borne: in higher state then kinges of the earth. 28 My mercy wyll I kepe for hym euermore: and my couenaunt shal stand fast with hym. 29 His seede also wyll I make to endure for euer: and his throne as the dayes of heauen. 30 But if his chyldren forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgement: 31 if they breake my statutes, and kepe not my commaundementes, 32 I will then visite their transgressions with a rodde: and their wickednesse with stripes. 33 Neuerthelesse, my louyng kyndnesse I wyll not take vtterly from hym: I wyl not breake my promise with hym. 34 I wyll not violate my couenaunt: nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes. 35 I haue sworne once by my holynesse: that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid. 36 His seede shall endure for euer: and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me. 37 And as the moone which shall continue for euermore: and shalbe a faithful witnesse in heauen. Selah.
• Ps 110:1-5 : 1 A psalme of Dauid. God sayd vnto my Lorde: sit thou on my right hande, vntyll I make thyne enemies thy footestoole. 2 God wyll sende the scepter of his power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thyne enemies. 3 Thy people wyll be very wyllyng in the time of shewing thy most mightie power with a beautifull holynes: the deawe of thy byrth is to thee from the wombe as from the morning. 4 God sware and he wyll not repent: thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedec. 5 The Lorde at thy right hande: wyll wounde euen kinges in the day of his wrath.
• 1 Chr 17:11-15 : 11 This also shal come to passe: when thy dayes be expired that thou must go vnto thy fathers, I will rayse vp thy seede after thee, which shalbe of thy sonnes, and I will stablishe his kingdome. 12 He shall buylde me an house, and I wil stablishe his seate for euer. 13 I wilbe his father, and he shalbe my sonne, and I will not take my mercie away from him, as I toke it from hym that was before thee. 14 But I wil stablishe him in myne house and my kingdome for euer, and his seate shalbe sure for euermore. 15 According to all these wordes, and according to al this vision, did Nathan tell king Dauid.
• Ps 2:6-9 : 6 Saying euen I haue annointed him my kyng: vpon my holy hyll of Sion. 7 I wyll declare the decree, God sayde vnto me: thou art my sonne, this day I haue begotten thee. 8 Desire of me, and I wyll geue thee the heathen for thyne inheritaunce: and the vttermost partes of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron: and breake them in peeces like a potters vessell. 10 Wherfore be you nowe wel aduised O ye kinges: be you learned ye that are iudges of the earth. 11 Serue ye God in feare: and reioyce ye with a trembling. 12 Kisse ye the sonne lest that he be angrye, and so ye perishe from the way, if his wrath be neuer so litle kindled: blessed are all they that put their trust in hym.
• Ps 72:1-9 : 1 Of Solomon. O God geue vnto the kyng thy iudgementes: and thy ryghteousnesse vnto the kynges sonne. 2 Then he wyll iudge thy people accordyng vnto iustice: and thy afflicted accordyng to equitie. 3 The mountaynes also and hylles: shall bryng peace to the people by the meanes of ryghteousnesse. 4 He wyll iudge the afflicted amongst the people: he wyll saue the children of the poore, and subdue the oppressour. 5 They wyll feare thee as long as the sunne and moone shyneth: from one generation to another. 6 He wyll come downe lyke the rayne into a fleece of wooll: euen as the droppes that water the earth. 7 In his dayes the ryghteous wyll florishe: and there shalbe aboundaunce of peace so long as the moone endureth. 8 His dominion also shalbe from the one sea to the other: and from the fludde vnto the ende of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wildernesse shal kneele before him: his enemies shal licke the dust. 10 The kyng of Tharsis and of the Iles shall offer presentes: the kynges of Sheba & Seba shall bring giftes. 11 All kynges wyll worshyp hym: all nations wyll do hym seruice. 12 For he wyll delyuer the poore when he cryeth: and the afflicted and hym that hath no helper. 13 He wyll haue compassion vpon the poore and needy: and he wyll preserue the soules of the poore. 14 He wyll delyuer their soules from deceipt and oppression: and their blood shalbe in his syght. 15 He wyll lyue, and he wyll geue to the poore of the golde of Sheba: and he wyll pray alwayes for hym, and dayly he wyll blesse hym. 16 A handfull of corne shall be sowed in the earth vpon the toppe of hylles: and the fruite therof shall make a noyse lyke Libanus, and shall florishe in the citie lyke grasse vpon the earth. 17 His name shall endure for euer, his name shalbe spread abrode to the world so long as the sunne shall shyne: all nations shalbe blessed in hym, and shall call hym blessed. 18 Blessed be God the Lorde: the Lorde of Israel which only doth wonderous thynges. 19 And blessed be the name of his maiestie for euer: and all the earth shalbe fylled with his maiestie. Amen, Amen.
• Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lorde hym selfe shall geue you a token: Beholde, a virgin shall conceaue and beare a sonne, and shall call his name Emmanuel.
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For vnto vs a chylde is borne, and vnto vs a sonne is geuen, vpon his shoulder doth the rule lye, and he is called with his owne name wonderfull, the geuer of counsell, the mightie God, the euerlasting father, the prince of peace. 7 He shall make no ende to encrease the rule & peace, and shall sit vpon the seate of Dauid, and in his kingdome, to order the same, and to stablishe it with equitie and righteousnesse from hence foorth for euermore: This shall the zeale of the Lorde of hoastes bring to passe.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Beholde, the tyme commeth saith the Lorde, that I wyll rayse vp the righteous braunche of Dauid, whiche kyng shall beare rule, and he shall prosper with wisdome, and shal set vp equitie and righteousnesse agayne in the earth. 6 In his tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israel shall dwell without feare: and this is the name that they shall call hym, euen the Lorde our righteousnesse.
• Jer 33:14-15 : 14 Beholde, the tyme commeth saith the Lorde, that I will perfourme that good thing whiche I haue promised vnto the house of Israel, and vnto the house of Iuda. 15 In those dayes, and at the same tyme, I wyll bryng foorth vnto Dauid the braunche of righteousnesse, and he shall do equitie and righteousnesse in the lande.
• Amos 9:11-12 : 11 In that day will I rayse vp the tabernacle of Dauid that is fallen downe, and close vp the breaches thereof, and I will rayse vp his ruines, & I will buyld it, as in the dayes of olde: 12 That they may possesse the remnaunt of Edom, & of all the heathen, because my name is called vpon them, sayth the Lorde that doeth this.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 And thou Bethlehem Ephrata art little among the thousandes of Iuda, out of thee shal he come foorth vnto me which shalbe the gouernour in Israel, whose out going hath ben from the beginning, and from euerlasting.
• Matt 22:43 : 43 He sayde vnto them: howe then doth Dauid in spirite call him Lorde, saying:
• Matt 27:35 : 35 When they had crucified hym, they parted his garmentes, & did cast lottes, that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by the prophete: They departed my garmentes among them, & vpon my vesture dyd they cast lottes.
• Mark 12:36 : 36 For Dauid hym selfe, inspired with the holy ghost, sayde: The Lorde saide to my Lorde, sit on my right hande, tyll I make thyne enemies thy footestoole.
• Luke 1:31-33 : 31 For beholde, thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, & shalt call his name Iesus. 32 He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid: 33 And he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kyngdome there shalbe none ende.
• Luke 1:69-70 : 69 And hath raysed vp an horne of saluation vnto vs, in the house of his seruaunt Dauid. 70 Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophetes, whiche were sence the worlde began.
• Luke 2:10-11 : 10 And the Angel sayde vnto them, be not afrayde: For beholde, I bryng you tydynges of great ioy, that shall come to all people. 11 For vnto you is borne this daye, in the citie of Dauid, a sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.
• Luke 24:44 : 44 And he sayde vnto them: These are the wordes which I spake vnto you, whyle I was yet with you, that all must needes be fulfylled, which were written of me in the law of Moyses, and in the prophetes, and in the psalmes.
• John 18:36-37 : 36 Iesus aunswered: My kyngdome is not of this worlde. Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde, then woulde my seruauntes surely fyght, that I shoulde not be deliuered to the Iewes: but now is my kyngdome not from hence. 37 Pilate therfore sayde vnto hym: Art thou a kyng then? Iesus aunswered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this cause am I borne, & for this cause came I into the worlde, that I should beare witnesse vnto the trueth: And all that are of the trueth, heare my voyce.
• Acts 1:16 : 16 Ye men and brethren, this scripture must needes haue ben fulfylled, which the holy ghost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas, which was guide to them that toke Iesus:
• Rom 1:3 : 3 Of his sonne, which was made of the seede of Dauid after the fleshe:
• Rom 15:12 : 12 And againe Esaias saith: There shalbe the roote of Iesse, and he that shall rise to raigne ouer the gentiles, in hym shall the gentiles trust.
• 2 Tim 2:8 : 8 Remember that Iesus Christe, of the seede of Dauid, was raysed from the dead, accordyng to my Gospell,
• Heb 3:7 : 7 Wherfore, as the holy ghost saith: Today yf ye wyll heare his voyce,
• Heb 4:7 : 7 Againe, he appoynteth a certaine day, by to day, saying in Dauid after so long a tyme (as it is sayde:) To day yf ye wyl heare his voyce, harde not your hearts.
• Heb 6:17 : 17 Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise, the stablenesse of his counsayle, confirmed by an oth:
• Heb 7:1-2 : 1 For this Melchisedech kyng of Salem, priest of the most hye God, who met Abraham returnyng from the slaughter of the kynges, and blessed hym: 2 To whom also Abraham gaue tythe of all thynges, first being called by interpretatio king of righteousnes, & after yt also, kyng of Salem, which is, kyng of peace.
• Heb 7:21 : 21 But this priest with an oth, by hym that saide vnto him: The Lord sware and wyll not repent, thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.)