Resurrection · Resurrection — Psalm 2:7 located
Acts 13:33-34
David (cited by Paul) · ~1000 BC · Status: Fulfilled · Confidence: 65%
“God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.”
King James Version · the opening — all 2 verses are below
Paul in Pisidian Antioch fixes the coordinates of Psalm 2:7: 'God hath fulfilled the same… in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee' — joined to Isaiah 55:3's 'sure mercies of David.' The resurrection is the day of declared Sonship.
Read the whole passage — all 2 verses (KJV)
13:33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
13:34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
Fulfillment References
Psalm 2:7 Isaiah 55:3 Psalm 16:10 Romans 1:4
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe apostolic address of 'this day': not Bethlehem but the empty tomb — the Father's formal installment of the triumphant Last Adam as ruling Son with authority over the household of the race (Rom. 1:4). Declared sonship is resurrection language.
JewishPsalm 2 is enthronement liturgy for the Davidic king; applying it to a crucified man's resurrection is precisely the debate between synagogue and church from this sermon onward.
CatholicThe Fathers read 'today' of the eternal generation and of the resurrection manifestation — the exaltation revealing what the Son eternally is.
ProtestantPaul's own exegesis settles the reference point: the begetting 'today' is resurrection-enthronement, echoed at Rom. 1:4 ('declared to be the Son of God with power… by the resurrection').
AcademicThe sermon's catena (Ps. 2:7; Isa. 55:3 LXX; Ps. 16:10) parallels Peter's at Acts 2 — evidence of a shared early testimonia tradition about resurrection proof-texts.
Scholarship & Sources
The declared-sonship (Glorification) reading is developed in N. J. Wilson, Apostolic Pentecostal Theology, on Psalm 2:7; the Acts 13 catena is analyzed in Bruce (Acts, NICNT).
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