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Act 13:34. Ὄτι that) Paul does not prove the everlasting life of Christ by, as it were, presupposing the resurrection; otherwise, in Act 13:37, he would say in the future, He shall not see corruption; but proves the resurrection itself (comp. following ver.), and mentions additionally, that His everlasting life is conjoined with it. The question was concerning the resurrection itself of Christ, not, presupposing it, concerning His everlasting life.-μηκέτι, no more hereafter) Not even once did Christ see corruption. Therefore resolve μηκέτι, thus: μηκέτι, He shall no more go to death, which in ordinary cases is wont to be followed by διαφθορὰ, corruption. Comp. Rom 6:9, οὐκέτι, “Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more.”-ὄτι δώσω ὑμῖν τὰ ὄσια Δαυὶδ τὰ πιστά) Isa 55:3, in the LXX., διαθήσομαι ὑμῖν διαθήκην αἰώνιον, τὰ ὅσια Δαυὶδ τὰ πιστά.-τὰ ὅσια Δαυὶδ, the holy things of David) חסדי דויד, the graces of (the acts of grace promised to) David. Christ is called ὁ ὄσιος, the Holy One, חסיד, in Act 13:35; τὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, that which is the peculiar attribute of Christ, is expressed by חסדים, an abstract term. And it is in the plural in Isa 63:7, loving-kindnesses; in Joh 1:16, grace for grace (i.e. grace accumulated upon grace); and in Act 13:17, ibid., “grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” They are those Divine graces promised in Christ to David, and eagerly looked for by David: comp. Act 13:23.-τὰ πιστὰ) הנאמנים, sure, firm, solid, which altogether uphold and answer to their name (Rom 11:6, “If by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace”), and which mutually sustain one another; of which some precede others, some follow others by necessary consequence, and on which we ought altogether to lean, and which will stand fast for ever. Comp. אמן, amen, 2Co 1:18; 2Co 1:20; מבות נאמנות, νόσους πιστὰς, sure plagues, Deu 28:59. Comp. ibid. Deu 32:20, where, by comparing with it the following ver., such sons in whom there is no faith (אֵמֻן, LXX., πίστις), are no sons (comp. Act 13:19, His sons). Isaiah has from the parallel put before this phrase, “an everlasting covenant.” Hence necessarily follows the resurrection of Christ, Heb 13:20; for without it the promised benefits of the Messiah could not have been enjoyed by the people of God. אמונה, πίστις, faith, is a conjugate and correlative to these (ὅσια) πιστά