"Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through the voice of David about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus,

since David says about him, "I always keep my eyes on the Lord, for he is at my right hand so that I cannot be shaken.

"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and that his tomb is among us to this day.

After all, David did not go up to heaven, but he said, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

You said by the Holy Spirit through the voice of our ancestor, your servant David, "Why do the unbelievers rage, and the people devise useless plots?

Our ancestors brought it here with Joshua when they replaced the nations that God drove out in front of our ancestors, and it was here until the time of David.

Then God removed Saul and made David their king, about whom he testified, "I have found that David, the son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my wishes.'

God raised him from the dead, never to experience decay, as he said, "I'll give you the holy promises made to David.'

Now David, after he had served God's purpose in his own generation, died and was buried with his ancestors, and so he experienced decay.

""After this, I will come back and set up David's fallen tent again. I will restore its ruined places and set it up again