23 this man, delivered up by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by[a] nailing to a cross[b] through the hand of lawless men. 24 God raised him[c] up, having brought to an end the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. 25 For David says with reference to him,

‘I saw the Lord before me continually,[d]
    for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:23 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“nailing to”) which is understood as means
  2. Acts 2:23 The words “a cross” are not in the Greek text but are implied by the nature of the verb
  3. Acts 2:24 Literally “whom”; it is necessary to specify “him” in the translation to avoid confusion with the “lawless men” in the previous verse
  4. Acts 2:25 Literally “through everything”

23 This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge;(A) and you, with the help of wicked men,[a] put him to death by nailing him to the cross.(B) 24 But God raised him from the dead,(C) freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.(D) 25 David said about him:

“‘I saw the Lord always before me.
    Because he is at my right hand,
    I will not be shaken.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:23 Or of those not having the law (that is, Gentiles)