Acts 2:24
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.”
ἐγείρω
To raise up, to awaken, to arouse. Egeiro. He is not here He has risen. The resurrection is the pivot of history. Everything before it points to it. Everything after flows from it.
ὠδίν
agony
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ὠδίν
Birth pangs, labour pains. Odin. The whole creation groans as in the pains of childbirth. Creation is not dying. It is labouring. A new world is coming. The groaning is temporary.
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λύω
having loosed
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λύω
To loose, to set free, to destroy. Luo. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil. The works of darkness are being undone.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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θάνατος
Death
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θάνατος
Death. Thanatos. O death where is your sting? Death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus did not just survive death. He destroyed its power for everyone who believes.
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δυνατός
possible
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δυνατός
Possible, able, powerful. Dunatos. What is impossible with man is possible with God. The impossibilities of your life are the invitation for God to show what He can do.
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ὅς
whom
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ὅς
Who, which, that, the one who. He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. God finishes what He starts.
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κρατέω
for] to be held
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κρατέω
To hold fast, to keep a grip on. Hold fast to what is good. In a world of shifting values grip tightly to what God says is true and right.
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καθότι
inasmuch as
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καθότι
and G3739 (ὅς) and G5100 (τὶς); according to which certain thing, i.e. as far (or inasmuch) as
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εἰμί
it was
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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