Acts 2:27 (ASV)

Passage

Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:25 For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

Acts 2:26 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope:

Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.

Acts 2:28 Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.

Acts 2:29 Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "wilt", "leave", "soul", "hades", and "neither". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "wilt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "Therefore my heart was glad and my..." into verse 28's "Thou madest known unto me the ways...", so "thou" and "wilt" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "wilt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.