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Act 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.

Whom God hath raised up, having (already) loosed the pains (birth pangs) of death:
because it was not possible that he should be holden of (held by) it.

God always turns cursing into a blessing. This is also His plan for Jesus and for us. Men
took the gift of God and crucified Him, but God raised Him up from the dead again. In
resurrection, Jesus has greater power than He ever did in His earthly humanity. Through
death, He had the right to give this power over to the church, which had just begun.

Here Peter compares the resurrection to a miscarriage. Jesus was in the heart of the earth
suffering for our sins and was about to be “born” into death when God raised Him from
the dead. Hell had a miscarriage and instead, Jesus was delivered out of the womb of
spiritual death and eternal separation from God!

The following passage from verses 25 through 28 is a quote from Psalms 16:8 through 11.
This is the second time Peter quotes the Old Testament to document what the Jews have
seen.

Act 2:25 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:
David foresaw the Lord being delivered from hell. David also foresaw the time when he
would be in paradise observing this spectacle happening in the regions of the dead. (He
wrote this passage 1000 years before the resurrection.)

Act 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall
rest in hope:

Therefore (as a result) did my heart rejoice (give glory), and my tongue was glad;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

You can only rejoice and give glory when you are stable, unshaken in your faith and trust
in the Lord. Our tongue is present with us in eternity and words of praise can be formed.
David’s tongue rejoiced because his heart was glad At what it saw. This caused his flesh
to rest in the grave with a newfound hope. The hope was his future resurrection based
on the resurrection of Jesus.

Act 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to
see corruption.

Because thou (God) wilt not leave my soul in hell (Hades), neither wilt thou suffer (allow)
thine Holy One (Jesus) to see corruption.