Acts 13:33-34
“And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 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
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.
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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