Acts 13:33
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.
KJV
ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ γέγραπται· υἱός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε.
Greek NT
quoniam hanc Deus adimplevit filiis nostris resuscitans Jesum, sicut et in psalmo secundo scriptum est : Filius meus es tu, ego hodie genui te.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
This same God hath fulfilled to our children, raising up Jesus, as in the second psalm also is written: Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γεννάω
gennao
verb · 97×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
σήμερον
semeron
adverb · 41×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ψαλμός
psalmos
noun · 7×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Ps 2:7 · exact_quote"I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee."Psalm 2: you are my Son, today I have begotten you
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἡμῶν | WH/Treg: ἡμῶν | NIV/RP: αὐτῶν ἡμῖν
- ἡμῶν — SBLGNT
- ἡμῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
- αὐτῶν ἡμῖν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ψαλμῷ γέγραπται τῷ δευτέρῳ | WH/NIV: ψαλμῷ γέγραπται τῷ δευτέρῳ | RP: ψαλμῷ τῷ δευτέρῳ γέγραπται | Treg: πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ γέγραπται
- ψαλμῷ γέγραπται τῷ δευτέρῳ — SBLGNT
- ψαλμῷ γέγραπται τῷ δευτέρῳ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ψαλμῷ τῷ δευτέρῳ γέγραπται — Robinson-Pierpont
- πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ γέγραπται — Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 4 passages
§445After his Resurrection, Jesus' divine sonship becomes manifest in the power of his glorified humanity. He was "designated Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his Resurrection from the dead".57 The apostles can confess: "We have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."58
§638"We bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers, this day he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus."488 The Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ, a faith believed and lived as the central truth by the first Christian community; handed on as fundamental by Tradition; established by the documents of the New Testament; …
§653The truth of Jesus' divinity is confirmed by his Resurrection. He had said: "When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he."523 The Resurrection of the crucified one shows that he was truly "I AM", the Son of God and God himself. So St. Paul could declare to the Jews: "What God promised to the fathers, this he has fulfilled to us their children by rais…
…and 1 more from this source.
Why do the heathen rage? This is one of the great Messianic Psalms. Though it had a primary reference to David, its full meaning is found in Christ. "Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee" — the apostles apply these words directly to the resurrection of Christ. The kings and rulers who set themselves against the Lord and his Anointed fight against God himself, and thei…
'Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His Anointed.' See Ps. ii. 1-2 and Acts iv. 25-26. This is spoken of our Lord Jesus Christ. 'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.' These are the bands of discipline, and the cord…
Cross-references
- Acts 2:24 — Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- Heb 1:5 — For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
- Heb 1:5 — For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
- Heb 5:5 — So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
- Heb 5:5 — So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
- Jer 32:39 — And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
- John 1:14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
- Ps 2:7 — I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
- Ps 2:7 — I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
- Rom 1:4 — And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: