“Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:”
King James Version (KJV)
2:24 Having loosed the pains of death - The word properly means, the pains of a woman in travail. As it was not possible that he should be held under it - Because the Scripture must needs be fulfilled.
2:25 #Psalm 16:8|.
2:27 Thou wilt not leave my soul in hades - The invisible world. But it does not appear, that ever our Lord went into hell. His soul, when it was separated from the body, did not go thither, but to paradise, #Luke 23:43|. The meaning is, Thou wilt not leave my soul in its separate state, nor suffer my body to be corrupted.
2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life - That is, Thou hast raised me from the dead. Thou wilt fill me with joy by thy countenance - When I ascend to thy right hand.