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Text -- Acts 13:36 (NET)

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13:36 For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,
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 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel


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Robertson: Act 13:36 - -- His own generation ( idiāi geneāi ). Either locative case, "in his own generation"or dative object of hupēretēsas (served).

His own generation ( idiāi geneāi ).

Either locative case, "in his own generation"or dative object of hupēretēsas (served).

Robertson: Act 13:36 - -- The counsel of God ( tēi tou theou boulēi ). So here, either the dative, the object of hupēretēsas if geneāi is locative, or the instru...

The counsel of God ( tēi tou theou boulēi ).

So here, either the dative, the object of hupēretēsas if geneāi is locative, or the instrumental case "by the counsel of God"which again may be construed either with hupēretēsas (having served) or after ekoimēthē (fell on sleep). Either of the three ways is grammatical and makes good sense. Koimaomai for death we have already had (Act 7:60). So Jesus (Joh 11:11) and Paul (1Co 15:6, 1Co 15:51).

Robertson: Act 13:36 - -- Was laid ( prosetethē ). Was added unto (first aorist passive indicative of prostithēmi ). See the verb in Act 2:47; Act 5:14. This figure for d...

Was laid ( prosetethē ).

Was added unto (first aorist passive indicative of prostithēmi ). See the verb in Act 2:47; Act 5:14. This figure for death probably arose from the custom of burying families together (Gen 15:15; Jud Gen 2:10).

Robertson: Act 13:36 - -- Saw corruption ( eiden diaphthoran ). As Jesus did not (Act 2:31) as he shows in Act 13:37.

Saw corruption ( eiden diaphthoran ).

As Jesus did not (Act 2:31) as he shows in Act 13:37.

Vincent: Act 13:36 - -- Was laid unto ( προσετέθη ) Lit., was added unto. Compare Act 2:47; Act 5:14.

Was laid unto ( προσετέθη )

Lit., was added unto. Compare Act 2:47; Act 5:14.

Wesley: Act 13:36 - -- So his service extended not itself beyond the bounds of the common age of man: but the service of the Messiah to all generations, as his kingdom to al...

So his service extended not itself beyond the bounds of the common age of man: but the service of the Messiah to all generations, as his kingdom to all ages.

Wesley: Act 13:36 - -- Why art thou here thou who art yet in the world? Is it not that thou also mayest serve the will of God? Art thou serving it now? Doing all his will? A...

Why art thou here thou who art yet in the world? Is it not that thou also mayest serve the will of God? Art thou serving it now? Doing all his will? And was added to his fathers - Not only in body. This expression refers to the soul also, and supposes the immortality of it.

JFB: Act 13:34-37 - -- That is, to the grave where death reigns; and compare Rom 6:9, "Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more, death hath no more dominion over him....

That is, to the grave where death reigns; and compare Rom 6:9, "Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more, death hath no more dominion over him."

JFB: Act 13:34-37 - -- (Isa 55:3). The word rendered "mercies" is peculiar, denoting the sanctity of them, as comprehending the whole riches of the new covenant; while the ...

(Isa 55:3). The word rendered "mercies" is peculiar, denoting the sanctity of them, as comprehending the whole riches of the new covenant; while the other word, "sure," points to the certainty with which they would, through David's Seed, be at length all substantiated. See on Joh 1:14. But how do these words prove the resurrection of Christ? "They presuppose it; for since an eternal kingdom was promised to David, the Ruler of this kingdom could not remain under the power of death. But to strengthen the indefinite prediction by one more definite, the apostle adduces Psa 16:10, of which Peter had given the same explanation (see on Act 2:27; Act 2:30-31), both apostles denying the possibility of its proper reference to David" [OLSHAUSEN].

JFB: Act 13:36 - -- Rather, "served," in his own generation, the will (or "counsel") of God; yielding himself an instrument for the accomplishment of God's high designs, ...

Rather, "served," in his own generation, the will (or "counsel") of God; yielding himself an instrument for the accomplishment of God's high designs, and in this respect being emphatically "the man after God's own heart." This done, he "fell asleep, and was gathered to his fathers, and saw corruption." David, therefore (argues the apostle), could not be the subject of his own prediction, which had its proper fulfilment only in the resurrection of the uncorrupted body of the Son of God, emphatically God's "Holy One."

Clarke: Act 13:36 - -- David - fell on sleep - and saw corruption - David died, was buried, and never rose again; therefore, David cannot be the person spoken of here: the...

David - fell on sleep - and saw corruption - David died, was buried, and never rose again; therefore, David cannot be the person spoken of here: the words are true of some other person; and they can be applied to Jesus Christ only; and in him they are most exactly fulfilled. See the notes on Act 2:29, Act 2:30, etc.

Calvin: Act 13:36 - -- 36.When David had served his time Lest any man should think that that place intreateth of David, Paul showeth briefly that this agreeth not to David ...

36.When David had served his time Lest any man should think that that place intreateth of David, Paul showeth briefly that this agreeth not to David in all points, whose corpse was rotten in the grave. Therefore it remaineth, that because this was a privilege belonging to Christ alone, that David prophesied of him in spirit. Nevertheless, we must note the proportion between the members and the head; for as the truth of this prophecy was found whole and perfect in Christ alone, as in the head, so it taketh place in all the members according to the measure and order of every man. And forasmuch as Christ rose to this end, that he may fashion and make our base body like to his glorious body, (Phi 3:21;) upon this condition do the godly go down into the pit, that rottenness may not [finally] consume their bodies. Therefore, according to the hope of the resurrection to come, David saith by good right that he shall not see corruption; for that ought not altogether to be counted corruption for which there is a better restoring prepared; for the bodies of the faithful corrupt to this end, that they may put on blessed incorruption in their time. Yet this is no let but that the estate of the head and members may be far unlike, and that we may follow the Son of God afar off and lazily. 819

Now we see that both things are true and fitly said, that David and the rest of the faithful, inasmuch as they shall be like to their head, shall not see corruption, and yet the Son of God alone shall be free from corruption wholly. We must note the phrase, when he saith, that David served his age, or the men of his time.

The old interpreter distinguisheth it otherwise, and certain Greek copies agree thereto, to wit, that David served the will of God in his time; which reading, though it is to be allowed, 820 yet it doth not cause me to mislike the other. For it is neither superfluous nor cold, that he slept by the will of God, or the counsel of God; because the meaning thereof is, that God, in the death of David, did not forget that prophecy; as if he should say that the body of David lay in the grave not without the counsel or purpose of God, until it should rise again, that the effect of the prophecy might be extended unto Christ. If no man mislike that which I say, we are taught hereby to what end men live in the world, to wit, that one man may help another. For every man doth not live, neither is born, for himself, but mankind is knit together with a holy knot. Therefore, unless we be disposed to overthrow the laws of nature, let us remember that we must not live for ourselves, but for our neighbors.

But here may a question be asked, whether we ought not also to care for our posterity? I answer, that the ministry of the godly is also profitable for the posterity, as we see that David, being dead, doth profit us more at this day than a great part of those which live with us; but Paul meaneth simply, that the faithful during their whole life employ themselves and their offices to help their neighbors, and that death is unto them as a goal, because they have made an end then, when the Lord calleth them out of the world. The sum is, that we must have respect first to our time, that we may serve our brethren, with whom and among whom we lead our life; and, secondly, we must do our endeavor that the fruit of our ministry may redound unto our posterity. Seeing that God prescribeth his servants this law, their rashness cannot be excused who feign that the dead pray for us, and that they do no less serve the Church than whilst they lived.

By the counsel of God he fell on sleep Paul might have said simply that David died; he addeth by the counsel of God, that we may know that that was not fulfilled in the person of the prophet which is read in the Psalm. Notwithstanding, we are taught that the bond of life and death is in like sort appointed for us by God, as it is Psa 90:3,

“Thou sendest out men, and makest them to pass over; again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.”

Yea, Plato setteth down this very eloquently, that it is meet that men pass out of the world not without the leave and pleasure of God, by whose hand they are placed there as a standing for a time. 821 And for this cause, when he speaketh of David’s death, he maketh mention of the counsel of God, that we may know that corruption did not happen to him by chance, as if God had forgotten his promise; but that it came to pass by God’s providence, that the faithful might know that the prophecy was to be referred unto another. To sleep, and to be laid unto the fathers, are forms of speech so well known and so common, that they need no exposition.

TSK: Act 13:36 - -- served : etc. or, in his own age served the will of God, Act 13:22; 1Ch 11:2, 1Ch 13:2-4, 1Ch 15:12-16, 1Ch 15:25-29, 1Ch 18:14, 22:1-29:30; Psa 78:71...

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Barnes: Act 13:36 - -- For David ... - This verse is designed to show that the passage in Psa 16:1-11; could not refer to David, and must therefore relate to some oth...

For David ... - This verse is designed to show that the passage in Psa 16:1-11; could not refer to David, and must therefore relate to some other person. In Act 13:37 it is affirmed that this could refer to no one, in fact, but to the Lord Jesus.

After he had served his own generation - See the margin. Syriac, "David in his own generation having served the will of God, and slept,"etc. Arabic, "David served in his own age, and saw God."The margin probably most correctly expresses the sense of the passage. To serve a generation, or an age, is an unusual and almost unintelligible expression.

Fell on sleep - Greek: "slept,"that is, "died."This is the usual word to denote "the death of saints."It is used of David in 1Ki 2:10. See notes on Mat 27:52.

And was laid unto ... - And was buried with his fathers, etc., 1Ki 2:10.

And saw corruption - Remained in the grave, and returned to his native dust. See this point argued more at length by Peter in Act 2:29-31, and explained in the notes on that place.

Poole: Act 13:36 - -- Some point these words otherwise, reading them thus; David, after he had served his generation, by the will of God fell asleep: which contains ind...

Some point these words otherwise, reading them thus;

David, after he had served his generation, by the will of God fell asleep: which contains indeed a truth, viz. that God hath appointed every one’ s time in the world, and that the issue of life and death are his; but thus they would prove little to David’ s praise, for who dies otherwise but according to the determinate counsel of God? But this is remembered to David’ s glory, that, according to the will of God, he was a public good, and he lived and governed by the rule and square of God’ s word; notwithstanding which he fell asleep, and saw death, but such as did not deserve so terrible a name.

Laid unto his fathers buried amongst his ancestors;

and saw corruption and his body corrupted as theirs. Now this verse explains the former, and draws the argument home, in that it proves, that the words before mentioned could not be meant of David, but of one that he typified and represented.

Haydock: Act 13:36 - -- After he had served in his generation. That is, in his life-time, saw corruption, or was corrupted in the grave. (Witham)

After he had served in his generation. That is, in his life-time, saw corruption, or was corrupted in the grave. (Witham)

Gill: Act 13:36 - -- Or the men of that age and generation in which he lived, the subjects of his kingdom; by governing them with wholesome laws, protecting them in their ...

Or the men of that age and generation in which he lived, the subjects of his kingdom; by governing them with wholesome laws, protecting them in their rights and properties, defending them against their enemies, and regulating and promoting the worship of God among them:

by the will of God; this clause may be read in connection with the preceding words, as it is in the Syriac version thus, "after he had in his own age served the will of God"; acted according to it, fulfilled it, and did what the Lord declared to him, or he knew to be the will of God; or with the following words, as in the Vulgate Latin version, "by the will of God fell on sleep", or died; and then the sense is, that after he had done the work of his generation, which was appointed and cut out for him, he died by the decree and counsel of God, which has set bounds to man's life, and has fixed the time of his death; no man dies before, or lives longer than the time it is the will of God he should. David lived according to the will of God's command, and he died by the will of his decree. Death is expressed by falling asleep; a way of speaking very common with the eastern nations, and which represents it in an easy and familiar manner: it is not an annihilation of men; the dead are only fallen asleep, and will wake again in the resurrection; till which time the grave is their restingplace, and out of which the saints will rise fresh and cheerful; and yet, as a time of sleep is a time of inactivity, so no work is done in the grave; and therefore whatever we find to do, should be done in life. It is a long sleep; David has been many hundred years, even thousands, in it; and there will be no awaking out of it till Christ comes again: but this is to be understood of the body only, which only is capable of sleeping the sleep of death, and not of the soul, which dies not with the body, nor continues with it in the grave in a state of insensibility and inactivity, but immediately returns to God; and being happy, is employed in the vision of God, and Christ, in the fellowship of saints and angels, and in the work of praise and thanksgiving: thus, though David is fallen asleep in his body, he is present in spirit with the Lord; and that sweet psalmist of Israel is singing the songs of God in a much better manner than when here on earth. Blessed are they that sleep in Jesus, for they not only sleep quietly and safely, but shall surely rise again, for God will bring them with him; Christ is the first fruits of them, and they shall awake in his likeness. It is further said of David, "and was laid unto his fathers", or was buried; his sepulchre is said to be in Mount Zion q, where the kings of the house of David were buried; and his sepulchre Peter says in Act 2:29 remained till his time.

And saw corruption; his body putrefied in the grave, became the repast of worms, and was reduced to rottenness and dust; and therefore the words could not be spoken of him cited from Psa 16:10.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 13:36 Grk “saw,” but the literal translation of the phrase “saw decay” could be misunderstood to mean simply “looked at decay,...

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TSK Synopsis: Act 13:1-52 - --1 Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles.6 Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the sorcerer.13 Paul preaches at Antioch that Jesus is Christ.42 ...

Combined Bible: Act 13:36 - --notes one verse 34     

Maclaren: Act 13:26-39 - --The First Preaching In Asia Minor Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this...

Maclaren: Act 13:36-37 - --Luther, A Stone On The Cairn For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and ...

MHCC: Act 13:32-37 - --The resurrection of Christ was the great proof of his being the Son of God. It was not possible he should be held by death, because he was the Son of ...

Matthew Henry: Act 13:14-41 - -- Perga in Pamphylia was a noted place, especially for a temple there erected to the goddess Diana, yet nothing at all is related of what Paul and Bar...

Barclay: Act 13:16-41 - --This is an extremely important passage because it is the only full-length report of a sermon by Paul that we possess. When carefully compared with th...

Constable: Act 9:32--Rom 1:1 - --III. THE WITNESS TO THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH 9:32--28:31 Luke next recorded the church's expansion beyond...

Constable: Act 12:25--16:6 - --B. The extension of the church to Cyprus and Asia Minor 12:25-16:5 Luke recorded that Jesus came to brin...

Constable: Act 13:13--14:26 - --3. The mission to Asia Minor 13:13-14:25 Having evangelized Barnabas' homeland the missionaries ...

Constable: Act 13:14-52 - --Ministry in Antioch of Pisidia 13:14-52 Paul and Barnabas proceeded north about 100 mile...

Constable: Act 13:16-41 - --Paul's synagogue sermon in Antioch of Pisidia 13:16-41 Luke recorded three of Paul's evangelistic messages to unbelievers: here in Pisidian Antioch, i...

College: Act 13:1-52 - --ACTS 13 III. THE CHURCH IN THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (13:1-28:31) A. THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (13:1-14:28) 1. The Commissioning of Barnabas and Sa...

McGarvey: Act 13:34-37 - --34-37. That we have given the true explanation of the clause last quoted is confirmed by the course of the argument in that which follows, in which th...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Acts (Book Introduction) THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES By Way of Introduction But for the Acts we should know nothing of the early apostolic period save what is told in the Epi...

JFB: Acts (Book Introduction) THIS book is to the Gospels what the fruit is to the tree that bears it. In the Gospels we see the corn of wheat falling into the ground and dying: in...

JFB: Acts (Outline) INTRODUCTION--LAST DAYS OF OUR LORD UPON EARTH--HIS ASCENSION. (Act 1:1-11) RETURN OF THE ELEVEN TO JERUSALEM--PROCEEDINGS IN THE UPPER ROOM TILL PEN...

TSK: Acts (Book Introduction) The Acts of the Apostles is a most valuable portion of Divine revelation; and, independently of its universal reception in the Christian church, as an...

TSK: Acts 13 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Act 13:1, Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles; Act 13:6, Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the sorcerer; Act 13:13, Paul preac...

Poole: Acts 13 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 13

MHCC: Acts (Book Introduction) This book unites the Gospels to the Epistles. It contains many particulars concerning the apostles Peter and Paul, and of the Christian church from th...

MHCC: Acts 13 (Chapter Introduction) (Act 13:1-3) The mission of Paul and Barnabas. (Act 13:4-13) Elymas the sorcerer. (v. 14-41) Paul's discourse at Antioch. (Act 13:42-52) He preache...

Matthew Henry: Acts (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Acts of the Apostles We have with an abundant satisfaction seen the foundation of our holy religion...

Matthew Henry: Acts 13 (Chapter Introduction) We have not yet met with any things concerning the spreading of the gospel to the Gentiles which bears any proportion to the largeness of that comm...

Barclay: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES A Precious Book In one sense Acts is the most important book in the New Testament. It is the simple truth t...

Barclay: Acts 13 (Chapter Introduction) The First Missionary Journey (Act_13:1-3) Sent Out By The Holy Spirit (Act_13:1-3 Continued) Success In Cyprus (Act_13:4-12) The Deserter (Act_1...

Constable: Acts (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title "Acts of the Apostles" is very ancient. The Anti-Marcioni...

Constable: Acts (Outline) Outline I. The witness in Jerusalem 1:1-6:7 A. The founding of the church 1:1-2:46 ...

Constable: Acts Acts Bibliography Albright, William Foxwell. The Archaeology of Palestine. 1949. Revised ed. Pelican Archaeolog...

Haydock: Acts (Book Introduction) THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. INTRODUCTION. St. Luke, who had published his gospel, wrote also a second volume, which, from the first ages, hath bee...

Gill: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ACTS This book, in some copies, is called, "The Acts of the holy Apostles". It contains an history of the ministry and miracles of ...

College: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION As early as the second century the title "The Acts of the Apostles" was given to this document. Before that time the work probably circu...

College: Acts (Outline) OUTLINE I. THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM - 1:1-8:1a A. INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK - 1:1-3 B. THE COMMISSIONING OF THE APOSTLES - 1:4-8 C. THE ASCENSI...

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