Postulasagan 13:36

Heilögum Biblíunni

36 Davíð þjónaði sinni kynslóð að Guðs ráði. Síðan sofnaði hann, safnaðist til feðra sinna og varð rotnun að bráð.

Bible Verse Review
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served: etc. or, in his own age served the will of God, Acts 13:22, 1 Chronicles 11:2, 1 Chronicles 13:2-4, 1 Chronicles 15:12-16, 1 Chronicles 15:25-29, 1 Chronicles 18:14, 1 Chronicles 22:1 - 1 Chronicles 29:30, Psalms 78:71, Psalms 78:72

fell: Acts 7:60, 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Kings 2:10, 1 Corinthians 15:6, 1 Corinthians 15:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:13

and was: Acts 2:29, 1 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Chronicles 9:31, 2 Chronicles 12:16, 2 Chronicles 21:1, 2 Chronicles 26:23

and saw: Genesis 3:19, Job 17:14, Job 19:26, Job 19:27, Job 21:26, Psalms 49:9, Psalms 49:14, John 11:39, 1 Corinthians 15:42-44, 1 Corinthians 15:53, 1 Corinthians 15:54

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:15 - And thou Genesis 25:8 - gathered Genesis 48:21 - Behold Numbers 31:2 - gathered Deuteronomy 31:16 - thou shalt Joshua 1:1 - the death Joshua 24:33 - died Judges 2:10 - General 1 Kings 14:8 - my servant David 1 Kings 15:5 - David 2 Kings 13:14 - he died 1 Chronicles 29:28 - a good old age 2 Chronicles 8:14 - so had David the man of God commanded Psalms 71:18 - until I Zechariah 1:5 - General Matthew 25:16 - went John 3:30 - but Acts 13:25 - fulfilled Acts 13:35 - to see Romans 14:8 - we die unto 1 Corinthians 11:30 - sleep Hebrews 10:36 - after

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 36 For David, after he had served his own generation,.... Or the men of that age and generation in which he lived, the subjects of his kingdom; by governing them with wholesome laws, protecting them in their rights and properties, defending them against their enemies, and regulating and promoting the worship of God among them:

by the will of God; this clause may be read in connection with the preceding words, as it is in the Syriac version thus, "after he had in his own age served the will of God"; acted according to it, fulfilled it, and did what the Lord declared to him, or he knew to be the will of God; or with the following words, as in the Vulgate Latin version, "by the will of God fell on sleep", or died; and then the sense is, that after he had done the work of his generation, which was appointed and cut out for him, he died by the decree and counsel of God, which has set bounds to man's life, and has fixed the time of his death; no man dies before, or lives longer than the time it is the will of God he should. David lived according to the will of God's command, and he died by the will of his decree. Death is expressed by falling asleep; a way of speaking very common with the eastern nations, and which represents it in an easy and familiar manner: it is not an annihilation of men; the dead are only fallen asleep, and will wake again in the resurrection; till which time the grave is their restingplace, and out of which the saints will rise fresh and cheerful; and yet, as a time of sleep is a time of inactivity, so no work is done in the grave; and therefore whatever we find to do, should be done in life. It is a long sleep; David has been many hundred years, even thousands, in it; and there will be no awaking out of it till Christ comes again: but this is to be understood of the body only, which only is capable of sleeping the sleep of death, and not of the soul, which dies not with the body, nor continues with it in the grave in a state of insensibility and inactivity, but immediately returns to God; and being happy, is employed in the vision of God, and Christ, in the fellowship of saints and angels, and in the work of praise and thanksgiving: thus, though David is fallen asleep in his body, he is present in spirit with the Lord; and that sweet psalmist of Israel is singing the songs of God in a much better manner than when here on earth. Blessed are they that sleep in Jesus, for they not only sleep quietly and safely, but shall surely rise again, for God will bring them with him; Christ is the first fruits of them, and they shall awake in his likeness. It is further said of David, "and was laid unto his fathers", or was buried; his sepulchre is said to be in Mount Zion q, where the kings of the house of David were buried; and his sepulchre Peter says in Acts 2:29 remained till his time.

And saw corruption; his body putrefied in the grave, became the repast of worms, and was reduced to rottenness and dust; and therefore the words could not be spoken of him cited from Psalms 16:10.

q Cippi Hebr. p. 24.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For David ... - This verse is designed to show that the passage in Psalms 16:1-11; could not refer to David, and must therefore relate to some other person. In Acts 13:37 it is affirmed that this could refer to no one, in fact, but to the Lord Jesus.

After he had served his own generation - See the margin. Syriac, “David in his own generation having served the will of God, and slept,” etc. Arabic, “David served in his own age, and saw God.” The margin probably most correctly expresses the sense of the passage. To serve a generation, or an age, is an unusual and almost unintelligible expression.

Fell on sleep - Greek: “slept,” that is, “died.” This is the usual word to denote “the death of saints.” It is used of David in 1 Kings 2:10. See notes on Matthew 27:52.

And was laid unto ... - And was buried with his fathers, etc., 1 Kings 2:10.

And saw corruption - Remained in the grave, and returned to his native dust. See this point argued more at length by Peter in Acts 2:29-31, and explained in the notes on that place.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. David - fell on sleep - and saw corruption — David died, was buried, and never rose again; therefore, David cannot be the person spoken of here: the words are true of some other person; and they can be applied to Jesus Christ only; and in him they are most exactly fulfilled. See the notes on Acts 2:29-30, &c.