Acts 2:31 (WEB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

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

Acts 2:33 Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "foreseeing", "spoke", "resurrection", "christ", "soul", "wasn", "left", and "hades". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "foreseeing" and "spoke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "Therefore being a prophet and knowing that..." into verse 32's "This Jesus God raised up to which...", so "foreseeing" and "spoke" 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 "foreseeing" and "spoke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.