Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.“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.Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.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.
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… And so my heart is glad, my tongue rejoices, and in my body I will live in hope. Now, brothers, I can tell you for certain that David, the patriarch, the king who wrote that psalm, he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. So he was speaking as a prophet, and he knew that God had promised him on oath that he would set one of his descendants on his throne. And so looking ahead, he was speaking about the resurrection of the Messiah, the Christ, that he would not be abandoned to the grave, that his body would not see decay. This Jesus, God raised to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact. Jesus, exalted to God's right hand, has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, and he has poured out this day what you now see and hear because it was not David who ascended into the heavens, but David says, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I make all your enemies a footstool for your feet. …
… Then he continues. Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried. And his tomb is here to this day. But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay. God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of this fact. Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet. Or is he quoting from there? Psalm chapter, where's that one? Psalm chapter 110, verse 1. And then he comes to a conclusion. …
… We'll pick things up in Acts 2 at verse 29. Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried and his tomb is with us to this day. Now, why is he saying this? Well, he is focusing on David because these Psalms, Psalm 16 and Psalm 110, talk about someone. Look at verse 27. You will not abandon my soul to Hades. You will not let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life. Peter is saying, now look at this psalm. This is what David says. But is this about David? Did David say, can we say that David, his soul did not go to the grave? He did not see corruption. That he was made known the paths of life. So I say, look, look, we all know David died. His tomb is with us to this day. We don't know exactly where that is, but it was well known in the first century. …