Note 13 at Acts 2:27: This portion of Old Testament scripture from Psalm 16:8-11 is a good example of how scripture explains itself. If someone read only the scriptures from Psalm 16:8-11, it would be very easy to think that David was speaking of himself. Yet Peter, under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, beautifully explains why David had to be speaking of the Messiah. Thus the Bible is a commentary on itself and forever settles that Psalm 16:8-11 is Messianic.

This also gives us a clue that the term "Holy One" refers directly to Christ. This one truth will give us insight to many other Messianic scriptures (2 Ki. 19:22; Job 6:10; Ps. 71:22; 78:41; 89:18-19; Jer. 50:29; 51:5; Ezek. 39:7; Hos. 11:9; Hab. 1:12; 3:3).

It is no coincidence that Isaiah, who had one of the clearest revelations of the Messiah in the Old Testament, also used the term "Holy One" more than everyone else in the Old Testament combined (Isa. 1:4; 5:19, 24; 10:17, 20; 12:6; 17:7; 29:19, 23; 30:11, 12, 15; 31:1; 37:23; 40:25; 41:14, 16, 20; 43:3, 14, 15; 45:11; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7; 54:5; 55:5; 60:9, 14).

Some of Isaiah's references to the Holy One of Israel very clearly state that the "Holy One" is God Almighty (Isa. 30:15; 41:14; 43:3, 14,15; 45:11; 48:17; 54:5; see note 1 at Mk. 1:24, p. 117). This is one more piece of evidence that overwhelmingly states that Jesus is God in the flesh (1 Tim. 3:16).