Acts 2:25 (GNV)

Passage

For Dauid sayeth concerning him, I beheld the Lord alwaies before me: for hee is at my right hand, that I should not be shaken.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:23 Him, I say, being deliuered by the determinate counsell, and foreknowledge of God, after you had taken, with wicked handes you haue crucified and slaine.

Acts 2:24 Whome God hath raised vp, and loosed the sorrowes of death, because it was vnpossible that he should be holden of it.

Acts 2:25 For Dauid sayeth concerning him, I beheld the Lord alwaies before me: for hee is at my right hand, that I should not be shaken.

Acts 2:26 Therefore did mine heart reioyce, and my tongue was glad, and moreouer also my flesh shall rest in hope,

Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leaue my soule in graue, neither wilt suffer thine Holy one to see corruption.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dauid", "sayeth", "concerning", "beheld", "lord", "alwaies", "before", and "right". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dauid" and "sayeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "Whome God hath raised vp and loosed..." into verse 26's "Therefore did mine heart reioyce and my...", so "dauid" and "sayeth" 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 "dauid" and "sayeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.