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Acts 13:37

13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: after: or, after he had in his own age served the will of God

But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

KJV

But he whom God raised up saw no decay.

But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. ¶

13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

What does Acts 13:37 mean?

Acts 13:37 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include δέ (de), ὅς ἥ ὅ (hos), θεός (theos).

Greek interlinear

Butδέde/deh/G1161a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

he,

whomὅς ἥ ὅhosG3739he hay, and neuter ho ho probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.

Godθεόςtheos/theh'-os/G2316of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).

raised

again,ἐγείρωegeiro/eg-i'-ro/G1453probably akin to the base of 58 (through the idea of collecting one's faculties); to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence):--awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up.

sawοἶδα οιδα ὁράωeidoG1492a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know:--be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.

noοὐouG3756ouk ook, and (before an aspirate) ouch ookh a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.

corruption.διαφθοράdiaphthora/dee-af-thor-ah'/G1312from 1311; decay:--corruption.

Topics

Antioch Zeal, Religious

Frequently asked questions

What does Acts 13:37 say?

Acts 13:37 (King James Version) reads: "But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption."

Is Acts 13:37 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 13:37 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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