A common misinterpretation of Acts 13:35 is to apply the promise of no corruption directly to David or other righteous figures like saints, ignoring Paul's explicit argument that it points to Jesus' resurrection since David's body did decay in his tomb; another error is to view it as merely poetic language without prophetic fulfillment or to disconnect it from the broader context of Paul's gospel message proving Christ's victory over death, thus missing its role in establishing Jesus' divine identity and the hope of eternal life for believers.
Acts 13:35
King James Version (1769)
35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
In Acts 13:35, Paul quotes Psalm 16:10 during his sermon in Antioch to demonstrate that Jesus Christ is the promised 'Holy One' whose body did not undergo decay after death, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy and proving His resurrection; this contrasts with King David, whose tomb and decayed body Paul references earlier, emphasizing that the promise applied not to David but to the Messiah whom God raised on the third day, validating Jesus as the Savior.