KJV King James Version
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.
WEB World English Bible
whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
ASV American Standard Version
whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it,
Surrounding context — Acts 2
21 And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὃνG3739 · hos, hēwhichὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodἀνέστησενG450 · anistēmito ariseλύσαςG3089 · luōto looseτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoὠδῖναςG5604 · ōdinlaborτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθανάτου,G2288 · thanatosdeathκαθότιG2530 · kathotias/just asοὐκG3756 · ounoἦνG1510 · eimito beδυνατὸνG1415 · dunatosableκρατεῖσθαιG2902 · krateōto grasp/seizeαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heὑπ᾽G5259 · hupoby/under: byαὐτοῦ.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
1 Corinthians 6:14And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.Acts 2:32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.1 Peter 1:21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.Romans 8:11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.Colossians 2:12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.Romans 6:4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.John 10:18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.2 Corinthians 4:14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.Hebrews 13:20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,Ephesians 1:20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places],1 Thessalonians 1:10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.John 2:19-21Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.Acts 13:30But God raised him from the dead:Romans 4:24But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;Acts 3:15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.Romans 10:9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.Luke 24:1-53Now upon the first [day] of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain [others] with them.
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