Passage

Acts 13.38-39

Book: Acts · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"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."

"40. Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets: 41. Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you." (Acts 13:36-41, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"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."

"40. Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets: 41. ‘Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.’”" (Acts 13:36-41, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"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."

"40. Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41. Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you." (Acts 13:36-41, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"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;"

"40. see, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets: 41. See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I, I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare [it] to you.'" (Acts 13:36-41, 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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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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