Acts 13:35-37
What is written? (ESV)
Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’ For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption, but he whom God raised up did not see corruption.
What does it say?
Therefore, God says in another psalm, “You will not let your Holy One see corruption.” For after David served God’s purpose in his own generation, he died and was buried and saw corruption. But Jesus, whom God raised, did not see corruption.
What is its immediate context?
Paul’s gospel sermon while in the synagogue in Antioch in Pisidia on the Sabbath day.
How Acts 13:35-37 is applied across Bible answers
Will King David return to reign again?
Paul makes the exact same point in his sermon that Peter was making2, but even more succinctly. Jesus' body did not see corruption and was raised; David's body saw corruption [and won't be raised].
*Like Peter, Paul is also leading his listeners astray by not at least mentioning David's literal return if that were the case.
