Acts 2:29 (WEB)

Passage

“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

Acts 2:28 You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’Psalm 16:8-11

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

Acts 2:30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,

Acts 2:31 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "brothers", "tell", "freely", "patriarch", "david", "both", "died", and "buried". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "brothers" and "tell", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "You made known to me the ways..." into verse 30's "Therefore being a prophet and knowing that...", so "brothers" and "tell" 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 "brothers" and "tell" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.