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Ac 2:24 King James Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
was not possible he should be holden of it--Glorious saying! It was indeed impossible that "the Living One" should remain "among the dead" (Luk 24:5); but here, the impossibility seems to refer to the prophetic assurance that He should not see corruption.
 
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5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.