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What 'Hades' Means Here
Commentators stress that 'Hades' (from the Greek) or 'Sheol' (from the Hebrew Psalm) does not mean the place of eternal punishment. Instead, it refers to the grave or the general realm of the dead. The promise is not that Jesus would avoid death, but that God would not abandon His soul or life to the permanent power of death.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 2:27
18th Century
Theologian
Thou wilt not leave my soul. The word soul, with us, means the thinking, the immortal part of man, and is appli…
AT Robertson
On Acts 2:27
In Hades (εις Hαιδην). Hades is the unseen world, Hebrew Sheol, but here it is viewed as death itself "considered as a rapacious d…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 2:27
19th Century
Bishop
You will not leave my soul in hell.—Literally, in Hades. (See Note on Matthew 11:23.) As interpreted by St. Pete…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 2:27
19th Century
Preacher
Neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption.
David was speaking of someone who, though he would die, would never in his…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 2:27
Here Peter quotes from Ps 16:8–11 and Ps 110:1 in support of what he has just said about Jesus in v.24. Peter once again uses a principle of the in…
John Calvin
On Acts 2:27
16th Century
Theologian
Because you shall not leave—to leave the soul in hell is to allow it to be oppressed by destruction. There are two words used in this plac…
John Gill
On Acts 2:27
17th Century
Pastor
Because you will not leave my soul in hell
This is an apostrophe, or an address to his Father, who he believed would…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 2:22–36
17th Century
Minister
From this gift of the Holy Spirit, Peter preaches Jesus to them, and this is the history of Christ. Here is an account of his death and sufferings,…