The Meaning of Acts 2:30 Explained

Acts 2:30

KJV: Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

YLT: a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne,

Darby: Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;

ASV: Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore  being  a prophet,  and  knowing  that  God  had sworn  with an oath  to him,  that of  the fruit  of his  loins,  according to  the flesh,  he would raise up  Christ  to sit  on  his  throne; 

What does Acts 2:30 Mean?

Context Summary

Acts 2:25-36 - David's Lord And Ours
When one considers the vast result of this address, one wonders at its simplicity. It is almost entirely a string of apt quotations. But what may not the Word of God do, when it is wielded by the mighty Spirit! Our Lord might have chanted to Himself Acts 2:26-28, when He descended, step by step, the dark staircase of death. God can never leave us in despair. At our lowest, He is nearest. There are ways up to life from the lowest deeps. David spake deeper than he knew, Acts 2:30. Here is an illustration of 1 Peter 1:11-12.
In Acts 2:33 we see the fulfillment of John 14:16. We can almost hear the Father asking what guerdon or reward He should give the Son for His obedience unto blood, and our Lord replying: "Father, I want nothing for myself, but only that I may receive into my divine-human nature the same fullness of the Holy Spirit that I had with thee before the worlds were made." And it pleased the Father that the fullness of the Godhead should dwell in Him bodily, Colossians 2:9. Then, because He was united to man by His humanity, He was able to impart to him the fullness of Pentecost. [source]

Chapter Summary: Acts 2

1  The apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, and speaking various languages,
12  are admired by some, and derided by others;
14  whom Peter disproves;
37  he baptizes a great number who were converted;
41  who afterwards devoutly and charitably converse together;
43  the apostles working many miracles,
46  and God daily increasing his church

What do the individual words in Acts 2:30 mean?

A prophet therefore being and knowing that with an oath swore to him - God out of [the] fruit of the loins of him to set upon the throne
προφήτης οὖν ὑπάρχων καὶ εἰδὼς ὅτι ὅρκῳ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ Θεὸς ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ καθίσαι ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον

προφήτης  A  prophet 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: προφήτης  
Sense: in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things.
ὑπάρχων  being 
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ὑπάρχω  
Sense: to begin below, to make a beginning.
εἰδὼς  knowing 
Parse: Verb, Perfect Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: οἶδα  
Sense: to see.
ὅτι  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: ὅτι  
Sense: that, because, since.
ὅρκῳ  with  an  oath 
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular
Root: ὅρκος  
Sense: that which has been pledged or promised with an oath.
ὤμοσεν  swore 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ὄμνυμι 
Sense: to swear.
αὐτῷ  to  him 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Θεὸς  God 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: θεός  
Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities.
ἐκ  out  of  [the] 
Parse: Preposition
Root: ἐκ 
Sense: out of, from, by, away from.
καρποῦ  fruit 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: καρπός  
Sense: fruit.
τῆς  of  the 
Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ὀσφύος  loins 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular
Root: ὀσφῦς  
Sense: the hip (loin).
αὐτοῦ  of  him 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
καθίσαι  to  set 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active
Root: καθίζω  
Sense: to make to sit down.
ἐπὶ  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: ἐπί  
Sense: upon, on, at, by, before.
θρόνον  throne 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: θρόνος  
Sense: a throne seat.