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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.
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David's Death, Christ's Proof
Paul's primary point is to prove that the prophecy in Psalm 16—that God's "Holy One" would not see corruption—could not refer to David. Commentators unanimously agree that Paul uses the historical facts of David's death, burial, and bodily decay to show that the prophecy must point to someone else: Jesus Christ, who was resurrected and whose body never decayed.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For David, etc. This verse is designed to show that the passage in Psalm 16 could not refer to David, and must therefore relate to some ot…
His own generation (ιδια γενεα). Either locative case, "in his own generation" or dative object of υπηρετησας (served).
19th Century
Anglican
After he had served his own generation.—Literally, ministered to his own generation. There is, perhaps, a sugges…
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Baptist
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children,…
To support this four-point confession and to demonstrate the fulfillment of what God has promised, Paul cites three OT passages fraught with messia…
16th Century
Protestant
When David had served his time. Lest anyone should think that this passage treats of David, Paul briefly shows that this does not apply to…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ver. 36 For David, after he had served his own generation Or the men of that age and generation in which he lived, the su…
The resurrection of Christ was the great proof of His being the Son of God. It was not possible that He should be held by death, because He was the…
