Common misinterpretations of this passage include equating 'hell' with the eternal place of torment where Jesus supposedly suffered further punishment after the cross, rather than understanding Hades as the temporary holding place of the dead from which Christ was liberated; assuming David referred to his own afterlife rather than prophetically pointing to the Messiah; or downplaying the bodily resurrection by suggesting only Christ's spirit ascended, ignoring the explicit affirmation that His flesh did not see corruption.
Acts 2:31
King James Version (1769)
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Peter explains that King David prophetically foresaw the resurrection of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, declaring that His soul would not be abandoned to Hades—the realm of the dead—nor would His body experience decay, a prediction fulfilled when God raised Jesus from the tomb on the third day, confirming His victory over death and validating His identity as the promised Savior whose sacrifice atones for humanity's sins.