Acts 2:24

But God raised him up, ¹  having released ²  him from the pains ³  of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power. ⁴ 

Ps 116:3,4,16; Isa 25:8; Isa 26:19; Isa 53:10; Ho 13:14; Mt 27:63; Lu 24:1-53; Lu 24:46; Joh 2:19-21; Joh 10:18; Joh 10:35; Joh 12:39; Ac 1:16; Ac 2:32; Ac 3:15,26; Ac 10:40,41; Ac 13:30,34; Ac 17:31; Ro 4:24; Ro 6:4; Ro 8:11,34; Ro 14:9; 1Co 6:14; 1Co 15:12; 2Co 4:14; Ga 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1Th 1:10; Heb 2:14; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 1:21; Re 1:18

¹ tn Grk “Whom God raised up.”

² tn Or “having freed.”

³ sn The term translated pains is frequently used to describe pains associated with giving birth (see Rev 12:2). So there is irony here in the mixed metaphor.

⁴ tn Or “for him to be held by it” (in either case, “it” refers to death’s power).