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Acts 2:30
Acts 2:30 is verse 30 of Acts chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
Literally on oath that He would place out of the fruit of his loins on his throne; BYZ and TR on oath out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up Christ to sit on his throne; Psalms 132:11
King James Version
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
World English Bible
Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
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Acts 2:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible
28 You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
29 Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
31 Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
32 God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
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Acts 1:16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
Matthew 27:35When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.
Mark 12:36Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
Hebrews 4:7God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Samuel 7:11and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
2 Samuel 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
2 Samuel 7:15But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.
2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
1 Chronicles 17:11And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Chronicles 17:12He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
1 Chronicles 17:13I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
1 Chronicles 17:14But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”
1 Chronicles 17:15So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.
Psalms 89:3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
Psalms 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
Psalms 89:19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
Psalms 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
Psalms 89:21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
Psalms 89:22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
Psalms 89:23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
Psalms 89:24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
Psalms 89:25I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Psalms 89:28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
Psalms 89:29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
Psalms 89:31if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
Psalms 89:32I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
Psalms 89:33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
Psalms 89:34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
Psalms 89:35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
Psalms 89:37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
Psalms 110:1The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Psalms 110:2The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
Psalms 110:4The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
Psalms 132:11The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
Psalms 132:12If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
Psalms 132:14“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
Psalms 132:15I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Psalms 132:16I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
Psalms 132:17There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
Romans 1:3regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
2 Timothy 2:8Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,
Hebrews 7:1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
Hebrews 7:2and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
Hebrews 7:21but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
Hebrews 6:17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Psalms 2:7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
Psalms 2:10Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
Psalms 2:11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psalms 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
Psalms 72:1Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
Psalms 72:2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
Psalms 72:3May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
Psalms 72:5May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
Psalms 72:6May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
Psalms 72:7May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.
Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
Psalms 72:9May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
Psalms 72:11May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Psalms 72:13He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.
Psalms 72:14He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
Psalms 72:15Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
Psalms 72:16May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
Psalms 72:18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
Psalms 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Jeremiah 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
Jeremiah 33:14Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 33:15In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Amos 9:11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
Amos 9:12that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
Luke 1:31Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
Luke 1:33and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
Luke 1:69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
Luke 1:70as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
Luke 2:10But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
Luke 2:11Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
John 18:36Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
John 18:37“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”
Romans 15:12And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
Revelation 17:14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
Revelation 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.