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title: Acts 2:24
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/acts-2-24/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/acts-2-24.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Acts 2:24
testament: NT
section: Acts
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# Acts 2:24

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

## JW Usage

The Watchtower teaches that Jehovah alone raised Jesus from the dead, and Acts 2:24 — "But God resurrected him by releasing him from the pangs of death" — fits that reading cleanly. It is typically the only resurrection-agency text JWs are asked to consider.

## Protestant Usage

Acts 2:24 is one of four New Testament texts on the agency of Jesus's resurrection, and its value is that it lands on top of the other three. The verses are Galatians 1:1 (the Father raised him), John 2:19-21 (Jesus raises himself — "he was talking about the temple of his body"), Romans 8:11 (the Spirit of him who raised Jesus dwells in you), and Acts 2:24 (God raised him). Four passages, all in the NWT unaltered, each naming a different agent for the one historical event. If the Father raised Jesus, and Jesus raised himself, and the Spirit raised Jesus, and God raised Jesus — and there is only one God — then the Father, the Son, and the Spirit must share the one divine identity. At the door, walk your friend through the four passages slowly, one at a time, staying on the single question "who is the agent here?" Do not rush to a conclusion. Let the pattern sit.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [The Trinitarian Resurrection — Who Raised Jesus from the Dead?](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/trinitarian-resurrection.md) — John 2:19 / Galatians 1:1 / Romans 8:11 [Deity of Christ]