Text -- Acts 2:24 (NET)

2:24 But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 2:24

¹ tn Grk “Whom God raised up.”

² tn Or “having freed.”

³ sn The term translated pains is frequently used to describe pains associated with giving birth (see Rev 12:2). So there is irony here in the mixed metaphor.

⁴ tn Or “for him to be held by it” (in either case, “it” refers to death’s power).