Passage

Acts 13.32-37

Book: Acts · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"30. But God raised him from the dead: 31. and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people."

"32. And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers, 33. that God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David. 35. Because he saith also in another psalm, Thou wilt not give Thy Holy One to see corruption. 36. For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37. but he whom God raised up saw no corruption."

"38. Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins: 39. and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts 13:30-39, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"30. But God raised him from the dead, 31. and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people."

"32. We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers, 33. that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’ 34. “Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’ 35. Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’ 36. For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay. 37. But he whom God raised up saw no decay."

"38. Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins, 39. and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts 13:30-39, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"30. But God raised him from the dead: 31. And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people."

"32. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33. God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. ^{mercies: Gr. holy, or just things: which word the Septuagint in many places, uses for that which is in the Hebrew, mercies} 35. Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 36. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: ^{after: or, after he had in his own age served the will of God} 37. But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption."

"38. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39. And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts 13:30-39, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"30. and God did raise him out of the dead, 31. and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people."

"32. 'And we to you do proclaim good news, that the promise made unto the fathers, 33. God hath in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee. 34. 'And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus, I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David; 35. wherefore also in another [place] he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption, 36. for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption, 37. but he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption."

"38. 'Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared, 39. and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;" (Acts 13:30-39, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Christians Not Under Mosaic Law

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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