Act 2:25-27 | RWP | e4.org | Concerning him ( εις αυτον ). Peter interprets as written by David and with reference to the Messiah. There is but one speaker in this Psalm and both Peter here and Paul in make it the Messiah. David is giving his own experience which is typical of the Messiah (Knowling). I beheld ( προορωμην ). Imperfect middle without augment of προοραω , common verb, but only twice in the N.T., to see beforehand ( ) or to see right before one as here. This idea of προ- is made plainer by "before my face" ( ενωπιον μου ). On my right hand ( εκ δεξιων μου ). The Lord Jehovah like a defender or advocate stands at David's right hand as in trials in court ( ). That ( ινα ) here is almost result. Moved ( σαλευθω ). First aorist passive subjunctive of σαλευω , to shake like an earthquake.

‏ Acts 2:25-27

Concerning him ( εις αυτον ). Peter interprets Ps 16:8-11 as written by David and with reference to the Messiah. There is but one speaker in this Psalm and both Peter here and Paul in Ac 13:36 make it the Messiah. David is giving his own experience which is typical of the Messiah (Knowling).

I beheld ( προορωμην ). Imperfect middle without augment of προοραω, common verb, but only twice in the N.T., to see beforehand (Ac 21:29) or to see right before one as here. This idea of προ- is made plainer by "before my face" ( ενωπιον μου ).

On my right hand ( εκ δεξιων μου ). The Lord Jehovah like a defender or advocate stands at David's right hand as in trials in court (Ps 109:31).

That ( ινα ) here is almost result.

Moved ( σαλευθω ). First aorist passive subjunctive of σαλευω, to shake like an earthquake.

Was glad ( ηυφρανθη ). First aorist (timeless here like the Hebrew perfect) passive indicative of ευφραινω (cf. Lu 15:32). Timeless also is "rejoiced" ( ηγαλλιασατο ).

Shall dwell ( κατασκηνωσε ). Shall tabernacle, pitch a tent, make one's abode (cf. Mt 13:32). See on Mt 8:20 about κατασκηνωσεις (nests)

In hope ( επ' ελπιδ ). On hope, the hope of the resurrection.

In Hades ( εις Hαιδην ). Hades is the unseen world, Hebrew Sheol, but here it is viewed as death itself "considered as a rapacious destroyer" (Hackett). It does not mean the place of punishment, though both heaven and the place of torment are in Hades (Lu 16:23). "Death and Hades are strictly parallel terms: he who is dead is in Hades" (Page). The use of εις here= εν is common enough. The Textus Receptus here reads εις Hαιδου (genitive case) like the Attic idiom with δομον (abode) understood. "Hades" in English is not translation, but transliteration. The phrase in the Apostles' Creed, "descended into hell" is from this passage in Acts (Hades, not Gehenna). The English word "hell" is Anglo-Saxon from ελαν, to hide, and was used in the Authorized Version to translate both Hades as here and Gehenna as in Mt 5:22.

Thy Holy One ( τον οσιον σου ). Peter applies these words to the Messiah.

Corruption ( διαφθοραν ). The word can mean destruction or putrefaction from διαφθειρω, old word, but in N.T. only here and Ac 13:34-37. The Hebrew word in Ps 16 can mean also the pit or the deep.