34-37. now no more to return to corruption--that is, to the grave
where death reigns; and compare
Ro 6:9,
"Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more, death hath no more
dominion over him."
I will give you the sure mercies of David--
(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
Ps 16:10,
of which Peter had given the same explanation (see on
Ac 2:27;
Ac 2:30, 31),
both apostles denying the possibility of its proper reference to David"
[OLSHAUSEN].
JFB.
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