Acts 2:29

Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
KJV

Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἐξὸν εἰπεῖν μετὰ παρρησίας πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ τοῦ πατριάρχου Δαυείδ, ὅτι καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν καὶ ἐτάφη καὶ τὸ μνῆμα αὐτοῦ ἔστιν ἐν ἡμῖν ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης·
Greek NT

Viri fratres, liceat audenter dicere ad vos de patriarcha David, quoniam defunctus est, et sepultus : et sepulchrum ejus est apud nos usque in hodiernum diem.
Vulgate

Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.
ASV

Ye men, brethren, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David: that he died and was buried; and his sepulchre is with us to this present say.
Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαβίδ

dabid

noun · 59×

αὐτός

autos

pronoun · 5564×

εἰμί

eimi

verb · 2461×

θάπτω

thapto

verb · 11×

καί

kai

conjunction · 8973×

λέγω

lego

verb · 2256×

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7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Homilies on Matthew · 3 passages

2. But say in a word only, and my servant shall be healed. See this man also, how, like the leper, he has the right opinion touching Him. For neither did this one say, entreat, nor did he say, pray, and beseech, but command only. And then from fear lest out of modesty He refuse, he says, For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this man, go, a…

2. Afterwards again He refutes it in another way also. For as at first He brought in David, by the dignity of the person quelling their pride; so when He had stopped their mouths, and had put down their boasting, then He adds also the more appropriate refutation. And of what sort is this? Do you not know, that in the temple the priests profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? Ma…

Source. Translated by George Prevost and revised by M.B. Riddle. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 10. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/200171.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. My email a…

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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Expositions on the Psalms

'Preserve me, O Lord, for in Thee have I put my trust.' See Ps. xvi. 1. This is spoken in the person of Christ, who says: 'I have said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord; my goods are nothing unto Thee.' See Ps. xvi. 2. The humanity of Christ speaks to His divinity, for the human nature profited nothing to the divine, but the divine profited everything to the human. And then: 'Tho…

Cross-references

1Cor 12:10 — To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
1Kgs 2:10 — So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
1Kgs 2:10 — So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Acts 1:16 — Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
Acts 2:25 — For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Acts 7:8 — And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
Acts 13:36 — For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
Acts 13:36 — For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
Heb 7:4 — Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
Heb 7:4 — Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
Heb 11:32 — And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
Luke 4:21 — And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Neh 3:16 — After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the might
Neh 3:16 — After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the might