DID YOU KNOW?

Psalm 16:10 says, "you do not give me up to Sheol." When Peter quotes the psalm in Acts 2:27, which word stands where Sheol stood?

The answer

Hades. Acts 2:27 reads, "For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or let your Holy One experience corruption." Psalm 16:10 has Sheol in the same place.

Why it’s interesting

The second half of the line changes too: "the Pit" in the psalm is "corruption" in Acts. Acts reads the whole passage as a prophecy about Jesus.

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