The commentaries of M. John Calvin upon the Acts of the Apostles, faithfully translated…The commentaries of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the Actes of the Apostles, faithfully translated…

25 For David saith of him, I saw the Lord before me always, because he is on my right hand: least I should be moved. 26 For this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad: moreover my flesh shall rest in hope. 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell: neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. 28 Thou hast made known unto me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with gladness, with thy face. 29 Men and brethren, seeing that I may boldly speak unto you of the Patriarch David, because he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre remaineth with us until this day. 30 Therefore seeing he was a Prophet, and did know that God had sworn unto him with an oath, that it should come to pass, that Christ should rise of the fruits of his loins, concerning the flesh, who should sit upon his throne. 31 He knowing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither did his flesh see corruption.

25 For Dauid saith of him, I saw the Lord before me alwaies, because hee is on my right hand: least I should be moued. 26 For this my heart reioyced, and my tongue was glad: moreouer my fleshe shal rest in hope. 27 Because thou wilt not leaue my soule in hell: neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. 28 Thou hast made knowen vnto me the wayes of life, thou shalt fill mee with gladnes, with thy face. 29 Men and brethren, seeing that I may boldly speak vnto you of the Patriark Dauid, because he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre remaineth with vs vntill this day. 30 Therefore seeing he was a Prophet, and did knowe that God had sworne vnto him with an oth, that it should come to passe, that Christe shoulde rise of the frutes of his loynes, concerning the fleshe, who shoulde sit vpon his throne. 31 He knowing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christe, that his soule was not left in hell, neither did his flesh see corruption.

25 The resurrection which was both declared and witnessed by certain ⟨p. 45⟩and evident testimonies, and which might also have been gathered out of the continual doctrine of the prophets, was to be proved to the Jews as some new and strange thing. And no marvel. For we see that although Christ had oftentimes beat the same into his Disciples heads, yet did they profit but a little. And yet did they retain certain principles of true doctrine, which might have made a way for them unto the knowledge of Christ: as we shall see by & by. Therefore because the gift of the Spirit was a fruit of the resurrection of Christ, he proveth by the testimony of David, that Christ must needs have risen again, that the Jews may thereby know that he was the author of the gift. For he taketh it as a thing which all men grant, that he was raised up from death, that he may live not for himself, but for his. Now we see Peter his drift. That that ought to seem no strange thing, which was foretold so long before. And that Jesus is also Christ, because David did prophesy of him, as of the head of the church. First of all we must see whether this place ought altogether to be understood of Christ, as Peter affirmeth: that done, if there be any thing in the words worth the noting, we will in order discuss it. Peter denieth that that agreeth with David, which is said in this place: Thou shalt not suffer thine holy one to see corruption: