Act 2:34. Οὐ γὰρ Δαυὶδ, for David has not) The dilemma is this: The Prophet speaks either of himself or of the Messiah. Comp. ch. Act 8:34. He does not speak concerning himself, as is shown in Act 2:29; therefore it must be concerning the Messiah. See note on Mat 22:44 [“My Lord,” saith David; therefore He was Lord of David, before He spoke to him].-δὲ, but) Therefore it is another, and that other the Messiah, who ascended.-αὐτὸς) himself-κάθου, sit) This sitting necessarily infers the ascension. For they differ, as the act and the state: and the act itself (the ascension) is sometimes denoted by the sitting.