“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Peter calls them brethren to soften their minds before he speaks freely about David, who was plainly dead and buried, his tomb still standing. Since David truly died and was not raised, the Psalm could not speak of him but of the Messiah, Jesus, in whom it was literally fulfilled.
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PETER FOR THE FIRST TIME, PUBLICLY PREACHES CHRIST. (Acts 2:14-36) Peter, standing up with the eleven--in advance, perhaps, of the rest.
Commenting on Acts 2:14-36
David's tomb stands empty of any claim to his resurrection, which makes Peter's argument forceful: the Sixteenth Psalm describes one whose flesh never saw corruption and rose to God's presence. That was palpably untrue of David, so it speaks of Christ alone.
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