Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Ver. 24. It was not possible] For he was life essential, and therefore "swallowed up death in victory,"1 Corinthians 15:54 .
Him being delivered by the determinate counsel of God] Quod dum devitatur impletur, saith Gregory. The wicked's intense rage carries on God's decree against their wills; for while they sit backward to his command, they row forward to his decree; dum sun cuique Deus fit dira libido.