Acts 2:31 (WEB)
he foreseeing this, spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul wasn’t left in Hades, and his flesh didn’t see decay.
Fathers and councils · 8
Gregory of Nyssa
“…interpretation of the great Peter, said with foresight of Him, “Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption,” while the Apostle Peter thus expounds the saying, that “His soul was not left in hell, neither His flesh did see corruption.”” — editor's note: Ps. xvi. 8. Acts ii. 27, 31.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 30–37.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…to sit upon His throne; he seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in hell neither His flesh did see corruption.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 30–31
Read the whole comment“And again, “My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death,” and again David’s words as interpreted by Peter “His soul was not left in hell neither did His flesh see corruption.”” — editor's note: Psalm xvi. 10 and Acts ii. 31
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Augustine of Hippo
“And since His voice is acknowledged in the prophecy, “Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,” He has brought Him down to hell and brought Him up again.” — editor's note: Ps. xvi. 10; Acts ii. 27, 31.
Read the whole comment“…and die we must, however unwilling: He, by dying, straightway slew death in Himself; we, by His death, are delivered from death: His flesh saw no corruption; ours, after corruption, shall in the end of the world be clothed by Him with incorruption: He had no need of us, in order to work out our salvation; we,…” — editor's note: Acts ii. 31.
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Tertullian
“…then, Christ was announced by the Creator, “who formeth the lightning, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man His Christ,” as the prophet Joel says, since the entire hope of the Jews, not to say of the Gentiles too, was fixed on the manifestation of Christ,—it was demonstrated that they, by their being…” — editor's note: A supposed quotation of Amos iv. 13. See Oehler’s marginal reference. If so, the reference to Joel is either a slip of Tertullian or a corruption of his text;…
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Jerome
“And elsewhere,“His flesh saw not corruption.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 31.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 84.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 84.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 84.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 84.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 84.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 84.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 84.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 84.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 84.
