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Peter continues preaching to the crowd.
what a prophet wrote: ‘You will not let your Holy One rot in the grave.’
This is a quotation within a quotation. The entire quotation can be restated so that this portion is an indirect quotation: “what a prophet wrote, that you would not let your Holy One rot in the grave.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes)
You will not let your
You and your refer to God the Father. To make that clear, this could be translated as: “You, God, will not let your.” Some languages may have a special way of addressing someone, such as: “You, O God.”
rot in the grave
This could mean ‘decay in the tomb’ or ‘decompose in the grave.’ This refers to the fact that Jesus did not remain in the tomb very long. It is another way of saying that he did not stay dead, but rather, came back to life again.
We are witnesses
The word We refers to the disciples and those that witnessed the risen Jesus after his death. It does not include the people in the crowd. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive)
raised Jesus to life again
This could mean ‘made Jesus alive again.’