For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 13:36 in context
Acts 13:33–39
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that God has fulfilled this to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm,
‘You are my Son.
Today I have become your father.’
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“Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’
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Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’
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For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
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But he whom God raised up saw no decay.
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Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins;
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and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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