And we declare unto you glad tidings Tidings which should be in a particular manner acceptable to the Jews; that the promise which was made unto the fathers And was the hope and joy of their posterity through so many succeeding ages; God hath fulfilled unto us their children Most signally and manifestly; in that he hath raised up Jesus again From the dead, and thereby hath declared, in the most convincing manner, that he is indeed his Son, the Messiah; as it is also written in the second Psalm By this it appears that the Psalms were then placed in the same order as they are now; and it is observable that this is the only quotation of the Old Testament so circumstantially made in the New. Thou art my Son, this day, &c. It is true, he was the Son of God before his incarnation, yea, from eternity. See notes on John 1:1-5; Hebrews 1:2-12; Hebrews 7:3. The meaning, therefore, here is, I have this day declared thee to be my Son, as (Rom 1:4) Paul says, he was declared to be the Son of God with power, by the resurrection from the dead. And it is with peculiar propriety and beauty that God is said to have begotten him when he raised him from the dead, as Jesus seemed then to be born out of the earth anew. And to show that he raised him up, no more to return to corruption That is, to die no more; he said, I will give you the sure mercies of David The blessings promised to David in Christ, which are sure, certain, and firm to every true believer in him. Or, “mercies by the resurrection of him whom I have now set upon the throne of David, are made sure to you, and shall prove eternal as his life and reign.” The resurrection of Christ, therefore, is implied in the words: for without it those blessings could not have been given. Wherefore he saith also, (namely, Psalms 16:10,) Thou shalt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption Words which, it is evident, must refer, not to the inspired writer himself, but to some other person; for David By whom this Psalm was written; after he had served his own generation, by the will of God Or, as the words may be rendered, had served the will of God in his generation; fell asleep That is, died; and saw corruption In the same manner as other human bodies do, when the soul is separated from them. Observe, reader, the character here given of David; he served the will of God, or, served his generation according to the will of God. This was his business here on earth: he lived for this purpose. What is thy business? 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? O remember, only he that doth the will of God shall enter the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 7:21.
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Acts 13:32-37
32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure merciesa of David.
35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.