Acts 2:31
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
Χριστός
Christ
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Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
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ψυχή
soul
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ψυχή
Soul, life, inner person. Psuche. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul. The soul is the real you. It outlasts everything the world offers.
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σάρξ
flesh
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σάρξ
Flesh, body, human nature. Sarx. The Word became flesh. God took on human nature completely. He knows from the inside what it means to be human. He is not a distant deity.
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ἐγκαταλείπω
was He left behind
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ἐγκαταλείπω
To forsake, to abandon, to leave behind. Egkataleipo. My God My God why have you forsaken Me. Jesus experienced abandonment so we never would. He took our separation.
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εἴδω
saw
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εἴδω
To know, to see, to perceive. Paul said I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
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προοράω
Having foreseen
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προοράω
to behold in advance, i.e. (actively) to notice (another) previously, or (middle voice) to keep in (one's own) view
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λαλέω
he spoke
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λαλέω
To speak, to talk, to utter. He spoke and it was done. The word of God is not silent. It is always speaking.
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οὔτε
neither
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οὔτε
not too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not even
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διαφθορά
decay.
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διαφθορά
decay
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