Acts 2:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad. In the Psalm the word is "my glory" х kªbowdiy (H3519)], which the Septuagint render not unfitly, 'my tongue,' whose power of articulation is the distinguishing glory of man above the lower animals.

Moreover also my flesh - my body, as distinguished from the soul, just before mentioned.

Shall rest (rest in the grave, as appears from what follows), in hope - in the confident hope of a blessed resurrection, as the next words show to be meant:

Acts 2:26

26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: