What Does Acts 2:27 Mean?

“Because”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“not”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“leave”

to leave behind in some place, i.e., (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“soul”

breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from g4151, wh

“my”

of me

“in”

to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases

“hell”

properly, unseen, i.e., "hades" or the place (state) of departed souls

“neither”

not however, i.e., neither, nor, not even

“wilt thou suffer”

to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“Holy One”

properly, right (by intrinsic or divine character; thus distinguished from 1342, which refers rather to human statutes and relations; from g2413, whic

“thine”

of thee, thy

“to see”

used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl

“corruption”

decay