'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.

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