P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

note that a number of themes which become prominent
in the early church are absent from the pericope.
No messianic or soteriological significance is
attributed to the earthly life of Jesus even though
he is described as a worker of miracles and his death
was according to the plan of God.
The death of Jesus
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is not related to any messianic suffering, neither is
there any reference to the suffering of the Son of
Man. The passage does not contain any referenc~ to
the parousia or to any final judgement as either of
these themes relate to Jesus.
There is no direct
reference to the life, death or resurrection of Jesus
as being a part of the fulfillment of scripture,
though obviously this may be inferred from vv. 22f.
The speech attributed to Peter is
permeated by an interest in David and by an obvious
deliberate desire to relate the resurrection of
Jesus to him.
In the resurrection Jesus fulfills
the promise and oath made to David (2 Sam 7:12;
cf
also Pss 88:4, 131:11;
Acts 2:30) and, furthermore,
he fulfills prophecies made by David.
He is both
successor and superior to David:
David was buried
and is still dead;
Jesus, on the other hand, was
buried but now has been raised to the right hand of
the Father.
Finally, we may note, Jesus, by his
resurrection, becomes the literal fulfiller of
prophecy;
David is described as a prophet who receives
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