Psa 16:10, Act 2:27 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 10. Thine Holy One ] This is in the plural number, chasideycha, thy Holy Ones ; but none of the versions translate it in the plural ; and as it is in the singular number, chasidecha , in several ancient editions , among which is the Complutensian Polyglot , and no less than two hundred and sixty-four of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and in the quotation by St. Peter , in , we may take it for granted that the present reading is a corruption; or that is an emphatic singular. As to leaving the soul in hell , it can only mean permitting the life of the Messiah to continue under the power of death ; for sheol signifies a pit , a ditch , the grave , or state of the dead . , &c. See corruption. ] All human beings see corruption, because born in sin, and liable to the curse. The human body of Jesus Christ, as being without sin, saw no corruption.

‏ Psalms 16:10

Verse 10. Thine Holy One] This is in the plural number, chasideycha, thy Holy Ones; but none of the versions translate it in the plural; and as it is in the singular number, chasidecha, in several ancient editions, among which is the Complutensian Polyglot, and no less than two hundred and sixty-four of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and in the quotation by St. Peter, in Ac 2:27; 13:35, we may take it for granted that the present reading is a corruption; or that

is an emphatic singular.

As to leaving the soul in hell, it can only mean permitting the life of the Messiah to continue under the power of death; for sheol signifies a pit, a ditch, the grave, or state of the dead. See Clarke on Ac 2:25, &c.

See corruption.] All human beings see corruption, because born in sin, and liable to the curse. The human body of Jesus Christ, as being without sin, saw no corruption.

‏ Acts 2:27

Verse 27. Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell] ειςαιδου, in hades, that is, the state of separate spirits, or the state of the dead. Hades was a general term among the Greek writers, by which they expressed this state; and this HADES was Tartarus to the wicked, and Elysium to the good. See the explanation of the word in the notes, See Clarke on Mt 11:23.

To see corruption.] Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return, was a sentence pronounced on man after the fall: therefore this sentence could be executed on none but those who were fallen; but Jesus, being conceived without sin, neither partook of human corruption, nor was involved in the condemnation of fallen human nature; consequently, it was impossible for his body to see corruption; and it could not have undergone the temporary death, to which it was not naturally liable, had it not been for the purpose of making an atonement. It was therefore impossible that the human nature of our Lord could be subject to corruption: for though it was possible that the soul and it might be separated for a time, yet, as it had not sinned, it was not liable to dissolution; and its immortality was the necessary consequence of its being pure from transgression.