ACTS 13:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
'Now when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed — the contrast between David (who died and decayed) and Jesus (who rose and did not decay) establishes Jesus as the fulfillment of what the Davidic psalm prefigured. The phrase served God's purpose (hypēretaō tēi tou Theou boulēi) dignifies David's reign even as Paul marks its temporal limit.
Church Fathers on Acts 13:36
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God has fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second Psalm, You are My Son, this day have I begotten You. And as concerning that He raised Him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, He said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore he says also in another Psalm, You shall…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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