Acts 2:26
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
KJV
διὰ τοῦτο ηὐφράνθη μου ἡ καρδία καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο ἡ γλῶσσά μου, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου κατασκηνώσει ἐφ’ ἐλπίδι·
Greek NT
propter hoc lætatum est cor meum, et exsultavit lingua mea, insuper et caro mea requiescet in spe :
Vulgate
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope:
ASV
For this my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἡ καρδία μου — SBLGNT
- ἡ καρδία μου — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- μου ἡ καρδία — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§627Christ's death was a real death in that it put an end to his earthly human existence. But because of the union his body retained with the person of the Son, his was not a mortal corpse like others, for "divine power preserved Christ's body from corruption."470 Both of these statements can be said of Christ: "He was cut off out of the land of the living",471 and "My flesh will d…
Cross-references
- Jas 3:9 — Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
- Ps 16:9 — Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
- Ps 16:9 — Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
- Ps 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
- Ps 57:8 — Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
- Ps 63:5 — My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
- Ps 71:23 — My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.