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Acts 2:34

For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

KJV

οὐ γὰρ Δαυεὶδ ἀνέβη εἰς τοὺς οὐρανούς, λέγει δὲ αὐτός, εἶπεν κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου, κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου

Greek NT

Non enim David ascendit in cælum : dixit autem ipse : Dixit Dominus Domino meo : Sede a dextris meis,

Vulgate

For David ascended not into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

ASV

For David ascended not into heaven; but he himself said: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou on my right hand,

Douay-Rheims

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People David

In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαβίδ
dabid
noun · 59×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δεξιός
dexios
adjective · 54×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
ἀναβαίνω
anabaino
verb · 81×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Ps 110:1 · exact_quote
    "The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool."
    Peter quotes Psalm 110: sit at my right hand

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ὁ | NIV/RP: ὁ
  • ὁ — SBLGNT
  • ὁ — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§447Jesus ascribes this title to himself in a veiled way when he disputes with the Pharisees about the meaning of Psalm 110, but also in an explicit way when he addresses his apostles.61 Throughout his public life, he demonstrated his divine sovereignty by works of power over nature, illnesses, demons, death and sin.
§449By attributing to Jesus the divine title "Lord", the first confessions of the Church's faith affirm from the beginning that the power, honour and glory due to God the Father are due also to Jesus, because "he was in the form of God",65 and the Father manifested the sovereignty of Jesus by raising him from the dead and exalting him into his glory.66
§731On the day of Pentecost when the seven weeks of Easter had come to an end, Christ's Passover is fulfilled in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, manifested, given, and communicated as a divine person: of his fullness, Christ, the Lord, pours out the Spirit in abundance.122
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand. This Psalm is cited by Christ himself to prove that the Messiah is more than merely David's son — he is David's Lord. It speaks of the kingly priesthood of Christ after the order of Melchizedek, a priesthood superior to the Levitical order. The declaration "Sit thou at my right hand" is the most frequently quoted Old Testam…
'The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.' See Ps. cx. 1 and Matt. xxii. 44 and Acts ii. 34-35 and Heb. i. 13. David in spirit calls Him Lord, of whom he was himself the father according to the flesh. See Matt. xxii. 43-45. Therefore Christ is both David's Lord and David's Son: David's Son according to the flesh, David's L…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:25 — For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
  • 1Cor 15:25 — For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
  • 1Pet 3:22 — Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
  • Col 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
  • Eph 1:22 — And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
  • Heb 1:13 — But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
  • Heb 1:13 — But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
  • Jer 30:21 — And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his hea
  • John 3:13 — And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
  • John 18:33 — Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
  • Luke 20:42 — And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
  • Luke 20:42 — And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
  • Luke 22:69 — Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
  • Mark 12:36 — For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
  • Mark 12:36 — For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
  • Matt 22:42 — Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
  • Matt 22:44 — The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
  • Matt 25:33 — And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
  • Ps 18:50 — Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
  • Ps 110:1 — The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
  • Ps 110:1 — The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
  • Ps 110:5 — The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.