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Not abandoned to the grave

The Old Testament

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Psalm 16:10

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In the New Testament

Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.

Acts 2:31

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You will not abandon my soul to the grave, nor let your Holy One see decay. You make known to me the path of life.

The core of the very first Christian sermon, on the day of Pentecost. Peter reasons: David died, was buried and decayed; his tomb is here with us. So David spoke as a prophet about the resurrection of the Messiah. Paul later uses exactly the same argument.