Acts 2:28

28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’^[a]

Acts 2:28 in Other Translations

28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.'

28 You have shown me the way of life, and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.’

28 You've got my feet on the life-path, with your face shining sun-joy all around.

28 Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.

28 You make the path of life known to me. In your presence there is complete joy.'

28 You have revealed the paths of life to me; You will fill me with gladness in Your presence.

28 You always show me the path that leads to life. You will fill me with joy when I am with you.' (Psalm 16:8-11)

Acts 2:28 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 2:28

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life
That is, thou hast raised me from the dead. When God raised Christ from the dead, he showed him, or made him to know experimentally the way of life, or the way of the resurrection from death to life; and this path of life, or of the resurrection to an immortal and eternal life, was first shown to Christ, who is the first fruits of them that slept, and the first begotten from the dead.

Thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance;
or glorious presence, in which is fulness of joy; which Christ, as man, is in, and fully possessed of, being exalted at the right hand of God, and crowned with glory and honour, and has all the joy that was set before him in his sufferings and death.

Acts 2:28 In-Context

26 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope,

27 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.

28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’

29 “Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day.

30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 16:8-11

Footnotes

• [a]. Psalm 16:8-11 (see Septuagint)