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Acts 2:24
But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
Acts 2:24 · Bible in Basic English
Acts 2:24 in other translations
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
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In context
21 And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.
22 Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,
23 Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:
24 But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
25 For David said of him, I saw the Lord before my face at all times, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved:
26 And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:
27 For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.
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