30 Therefore, because he[a] was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants[b] on his throne, 31 by[c] having foreseen this,[d] he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,[e] that neither was he abandoned in Hades nor did his flesh experience decay. 32 This Jesus God raised up, of which[f] we all are witnesses.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:30 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as causal
  2. Acts 2:30 Literally “from the fruit of his loins”
  3. Acts 2:31 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“having foreseen”) which is understood as means
  4. Acts 2:31 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Acts 2:31 Or “Messiah”
  6. Acts 2:32 Or “of whom,” referring to Jesus

30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.(A) 31 Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.(B) 32 God has raised this Jesus to life,(C) and we are all witnesses(D) of it.

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