Teks -- Acts 2:29 (NET)

2:29 “Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

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Robertson: Act 2:29 - I may say

I may say ( exon eipein ).

Supply estin before exon , periphrastic present indicative of exeimi , to allow, permit. The Authorized Version has "Let me speak,"supplying esto present imperative.

Robertson: Act 2:29 - Freely

Freely ( meta parrēsias ).

Telling it all (pan , rhēsia from eipon , to speak), with fulness, with boldness. Luke is fond of the phrase (as in Act 4:13). It is a new start for Simon Peter, full of boldness and courage.

Robertson: Act 2:29 - The patriarch

The patriarch ( tou patriarchou ).

Transliteration of the word, from patria , family, and archō , to rule, the founder of a family. Late word in lxx. Used of Abraham (Heb 7:4), of the twelve sons of Jacob as founders of the several tribes (Act 7:8), and here of David as head of the family from whom the Messiah comes.

Robertson: Act 2:29 - Was buried

Was buried ( etaphē ).

Second aorist passive indicative of thaptō . His tomb was on Matthew. Zion where most of the kings were buried. The tomb was said to have fallen into ruins in the time of the Emperor Hadrian. Josephus ( Ant. XVI. 7, 1) attributes most of the misfortunes of Herod’ s family to the fact that he tried to rifle the tomb of David.

Vincent: Act 2:29 - Let me speak

Let me speak ( ἐξὸν εἰπεῖν )

Lit., it is permitted me. Rev., I may . It is allowable for him to speak, because the facts are notorious.

Vincent: Act 2:29 - Freely

Freely ( μετὰ παῤῥησίας )

Lit., with freedom. The latter word from πᾶν , all, and ῥῆσις , speech; speaking everything, and therefore without reserve.

Vincent: Act 2:29 - The patriarch

The patriarch ( πατριάρχου )

From ἄρχω , to begin, and πατριά , a pedigree. Applied to David as the father of the royal family from which the Messiah sprang. It is used in the New Testament of Abraham (Heb 7:4), and of the sons of Jacob (Act 7:8).

Vincent: Act 2:29 - He is dead and buried

He is dead and buried ( ἐτελεύτησε καὶ ἐτάφη )

Aorists, denoting what occurred at a definite past time. Rev., rightly, he both died and was buried.

Vincent: Act 2:29 - His sepulchre is with us

His sepulchre is with us

Or among us (ἐν ἡμῖν ). On Mount Zion, where most of the Jewish kings were interred in the same tomb.

Wesley: Act 2:29 - The patriarch

A more honourable title than king.

JFB: Act 2:29-36 - David . . . is . . . dead and buried, &c.

Peter, full of the Holy Ghost, sees in this sixteenth Psalm, one Holy Man, whose life of high devotedness and lofty spirituality is crowned with the assurance, that though He taste of death, He shall rise again without seeing corruption, and be admitted to the bliss of God's immediate presence. Now as this was palpably untrue of David, it could be meant only of One other, even of Him whom David was taught to expect as the final Occupant of the throne of Israel. (Those, therefore, and they are many, who take David himself to be the subject of this Psalm, and the words quoted to refer to Christ only in a more eminent sense, nullify the whole argument of the apostle). The Psalm is then affirmed to have had its only proper fulfilment in JESUS, of whose resurrection and ascension they were witnesses, while the glorious effusion of the Spirit by the hand of the ascended One, setting an infallible seal upon all, was even then witnessed by the thousands who stood listening to Him. A further illustration of Messiah's ascension and session at God's right hand is drawn from Psa 110:1, in which David cannot be thought to speak of himself, seeing he is still in his grave.

Clarke: Act 2:29 - Let me speak freely - of the patriarch David

Let me speak freely - of the patriarch David - In Midris Tillin, it is said, in a paraphrase on the words, my flesh shall rest in hope, "Neither worm nor insect had power over David."It is possible that this opinion prevailed in the time of St. Peter, and, if so, his words are the more pointed and forcible; and therefore thus applied by Dr. Lightfoot: "That this passage, Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, etc., is not to be applied to David himself appears in that I may confidently aver concerning him, that he was dead and buried, and never rose again; but his soul was left εις ᾁδου, in the state of the dead, and He saw corruption; for his sepulchre is with us to this day, under that very notion, that it is the sepulchre of David, who died and was there buried; nor is there one syllable mentioned any where of the resurrection of his body, or the return of his soul εξ ᾁδου from the state of the dead."To this the same author adds the following remarkable note: I cannot slip over that passage, Hieros. Chagig. fol. 78: Rab. Jose saith, David died at pentecost, and all Israel bewailed him, and offered their sacrifices the day following. This is a remarkable coincidence; and may be easily applied to him of whom David was a type.

TSK: Act 2:29 - let me // freely // the patriarch // David

let me : or, I may

freely : Act 26:26

the patriarch : Act 7:8, Act 7:9; Heb 7:4

David : Act 13:36; 1Ki 2:10

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Poole: Act 2:29 - Men and brethren // He is both dead and buried // His sepulchre

Men and brethren St. Peter bespeaks this attention and favour, intimating he was one of the same nation with themselves, than which nothing could more recommend him. David was had in great veneration, and his memory very precious amongst this people, as was Abraham’ s, Isaac’ s, and Jacob’ s; who were the chief of their fathers.

He is both dead and buried as in 1Ki 2:10 , and elsewhere, is recorded of him, which they firmly believed.

His sepulchre or monument, is with us either not wholly spoiled by the barbarous enemies, who had destroyed Jerusalem; or rather repaired after the captivity, to keep up the memory of so great and good a man. But by this it appeared, that David did not speak these things concerning himself, who must needs have seen corruption, (themselves being witnesses), for on that account they respected his tomb, as being the repository of his ashes.

Gill: Act 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

Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you,.... The apostle calls the Jews, brethren, whom he before only styled men of Judea, and men of Israel, because they were his brethren according to the flesh, as many of them afterwards were in a spiritual relation; and the rather he adds this affectionate appellation to soften their minds, and prepare them to receive the account he was about to give of David, and of his prophecy of the Messiah, and his resurrection; in which he used much freedom of speech, consistent with truth, good sense, and strong reasoning; which he thought might be allowed to take, and they would not be displeased at, in discoursing to them

of the patriarch David; who was a "head of the fathers", as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it; a prince of the tribes of Israel; one of the greatest kings the tribes of Israel ever had; and therefore this name well becomes him; though it is more commonly given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the heads of the twelve tribes:

that he is both dead, and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day; it is a plain case, and a certain matter of fact, which nobody disputes or denies, that David really died, and was laid in the grave, and that his monument, or tomb, was still extant, so that he was not risen from the dead; and therefore the above citation could not respect him, but another, even the Messiah, and had been literally fulfilled in Jesus. The Jews say ^z, that David died on the day of Pentecost; which was the very day on which Peter was now preaching; he was buried in Jerusalem, and his sepulchral monument was in being when Peter said these words. And Josephus relates ^a, that the sepulchre of David was opened by Hyrcanus, who took out of it three thousand talents; and that it was afterwards opened by Herod ^b: which, if true, may serve to render credible what Peter says concerning its continuance to that day. Though it may be questioned whether any such treasure was ever in it, or taken out of it; and still less credible is the account which R. Benjamin ^c gives of two men in his time, who, under the wall of Zion, found a cave, which led them to a large palace built on pillars of marble, and covered with gold and silver; and within it was a table, and a golden sceptre, and a crown of gold; and this, says the author, was the sepulchre of David, king of Israel,