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The sure blessings of David

Isaiah promised an everlasting covenant, the loving devotion promised to David. Paul connected that promise to the resurrection of Jesus, who was raised never to see decay.

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A New Testament passage quotes an earlier passage.

Old TestamentIsaiah 55:3Open this record
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New TestamentActs 13:34Open this record

Read the earlier witness

Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
Isaiah 55:3 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Read the later witness

God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said, “ ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
Acts 13:34 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Why FaithGraph draws this line

Acts 13:34 quotes Isaiah 55:3.

Paul cites the holy and sure blessings promised to David as the ground of the resurrection that will never see decay.

Evidence

The explanation above is FaithGraph editorial content, not Scripture.

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