Acts 2:31 (LSB)

Passage

he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither forsaken to Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:29 “Men, brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

Acts 2:30 And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to set one of the fruit of his body on his throne,

Acts 2:31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither forsaken to Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

Acts 2:32 This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.

Acts 2:33 Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "looked", "ahead", "spoke", "resurrection", "christ", "neither", "forsaken", and "hades". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "looked" and "ahead", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "And so because he was a prophet..." into verse 32's "This Jesus God raised up again to...", so "looked" and "ahead" 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 "looked" and "ahead" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.