Acts 13:37

Simplified Cowboy Version

But the cowboy who came riding back from the dead did not decay.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but the one God raised up did not decay.

King James Version (1611)
But hee whom God raised againe, saw no corruption.

King James Version
But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

English Standard Version
but he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

New American Standard Bible
but He whom God raised did not undergo decay.

New Century Version
But the One God raised from the dead did not rot in the grave.

Amplified Bible
but He whom God raised [to life] did not experience decay [in the grave].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
but He whom God raised did not undergo decay.

Legacy Standard Bible
but He whom God raised did not see corruption.

Berean Standard Bible
But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

Contemporary English Version
But God raised Jesus from death, and his body did not decay.

Complete Jewish Bible
However, the one God raised up did not see decay .

Darby Translation
But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the one God raised from death did not rot in the grave.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But he whom God raised vp, sawe no corruption.

George Lamsa Translation
But he whom God raised did not see corruption.

Good News Translation
But this did not happen to the one whom God raised from death.

Lexham English Bible
But he whom God raised up did not experience decay.

Literal Translation
But He whom God raised up, this One did not see corruption.

American Standard Version
but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.

Bible in Basic English
But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.

Hebrew Names Version
But he whom God raised up saw no decay.

International Standard Version
However, the man whom God raised did not experience decay.

Etheridge Translation
But This whom Aloha raised saw no corruption.

Murdock Translation
But this person, whom God raised up, did not see corruption.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But he whom God raysed agayne, sawe no corruption.

English Revised Version
but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.

World English Bible
But he whom God raised up saw no decay.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But he whom God raised, did not see corruption.

Weymouth's New Testament
But He whom God raised to life underwent no decay.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but he whom God reiside fro deth, say not corrupcioun.

Update Bible Version
but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.

Webster's Bible Translation
But he whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

New English Translation
but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.

New King James Version
but He whom God raised up saw no corruption.

New Living Translation
No, it was a reference to someone else—someone whom God raised and whose body did not decay.

New Life Bible
But God raised this One (Christ) to life. He did not go back to dust.

New Revised Standard
but he whom God raised up experienced no corruption.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, he whom God hath raised, did not see corruption.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he whom God hath raised from the dead saw no corruption.

Revised Standard Version
but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But he whom God reysed agayne sawe no corrupcion.

Young's Literal Translation
but he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he who God raysed vp agayne, sawe no corrupcion.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but he, whom God hath raised, was not subject to corruption.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴Paul and Barnabas struck a long trot inland for Antioch of Pisidia. On the day of rest, they went to the local Jewish church for the services. ¹⁵After the usual readings from the Good Book of Moses, the preachers invited Paul and Barnabas saying, "If y'all cowboys got a word from the Lord, we'd love to hear it." ¹⁶So Paul got up and motioned for everyone to quiet down. He said, "Listen up you cowboys from Israel and you God-fearing mavericks. ¹⁷The God of Israel chose our granddaddies over everyone else. He even strengthened them while they were slaves in Egypt and ¹⁸he was with 'em during the forty years in the wilderness after he set 'em free. ¹⁹He led the charge and defeat of seven mighty nations in Canaan so his kids could have the country he promised 'em. ²⁰Everything I've just said took about four hundred and fifty years. After this, God gave Israel some cowboys he called Judges to lead the nation. This went on until the time of Samuel the prophet. ²¹Then the people were crying out for a king and God gave 'em Saul, son of Kish. This cowboy was from the Benjamin outfit and he ruled for forty years. ²²After God got rid of Saul, he made David the king. God said this about David, 'I have found this buckaroo, David, son of Jesse, to be a man after my own heart. He will do everything I tell him to do.' ²³"From David descendants, God gave us the Top Hand who would save Israel from their sins just like he promised to.

Bible Verse Review
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Acts 13:30, Acts 2:24

Reciprocal: Joshua 1:1 - the death John 3:30 - but Acts 9:18 - and was Acts 13:35 - to see

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But he whom God raised again,.... The Vulgate Latin version adds, "from the dead"; meaning the Lord Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead by God the Father: and

saw no corruption; he did not lie so long in the grave as to corrupt and putrefy, but was raised from the dead the third day; wherefore the passage, before cited, is very applicable to him, and is a clear proof that the Messiah was to rise from the dead, as Jesus did.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But he, whom God raised again - The Lord Jesus.

Saw no corruption - Was raised without undergoing the usual change that succeeds death. As David had returned to corruption, and the Lord Jesus had not, it followed that this passage in Psalms 16:1-11 referred to the Messiah.