What does Acts 2:29 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Men and brethren, let meb freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day."
Verse 29. _LET ME SPEAK FREELY - OF THE PATRIARCH DAVID_] In _Midris_ _Tillin_, it is said, in a paraphrase on the words, _my flesh shall_ _rest in hope_, "Neither worm nor insect had power over Davi...
MEN AND BRETHREN - This passage of the Psalms Peter now proves could not relate to David, but must have reference to the Messiah. He begins his argument in a respectful manner, addressing them as his...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1)._ 2. The Immediate Effect of His Presence (Acts 2:5). 3. Peter's Address (Acts 2:14). 4. The Result of the Witness (Acts 2:37). 5. The...
PETER EXPLAINS THE OCCURRENCE. Peter is, as before, the mouthpiece of the community. His speech is not addressed to foreigners but to the people of Jerusalem, and shows us, as his other speeches do, t...
THE DAY OF PENTECOST (Acts 2:1-13) We may never know precisely what happened on the Day of Pentecost but we do know that it was one of the supremely great days of the Christian Church. for on that da...
MEN, &C. See note on Acts 1:11. LET ME. I may. FREELY. with (App-104.) frankness. UNTO. App-104. PATRIARCH. Occurs here, Acts 7:8; Acts 7:9, and Hebrews 7:4. Applied to Abraham and the sons of Jac...
Here the Apostle begins his argument from the words of David, and at the outset speaks to his hearers as _brethren_. _Men and brethren_ See on Acts 1:16. _let me freely speak_ Better (with the margi...
RECITAL OF GOD’S TESTIMONY BY THE RESURRECTION TO THE MESSIAHSHIP OF JESUS...
_THE SERMON IS PREACHED ACTS 2:16-39:_ Peter said the events of Pentecost were predicted by the prophet Joel. This is what Joel had predicted. The " last days" refers to the Christian dispensation tha...
ΈΞΌΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΞΕΣΤΙΝ (G1832) законно, позволено, с _inf._ гл. ΕΙΜΊ должен быть дополнен для образования перифр. конструкции (RWP). ΕΙΠΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf., см._ Acts 2:16. ΚΑΊ (G2532)...
HIS SEPULCHRE IS WITH US UNTO THIS DAY, &C.— The sepulchres of the Jews, in general, were without the city; but the sepulchre of David and his sons was within the city. St. Jerome mentions the remains...
c. The sermon of Peter. Acts 2:14-36. Acts 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spake forth unto them, saying, Ye men THE TOMB OF DAVID The whole group of buildin...
29-31. Having exhibited, in the quotation from David, "the determined purpose, and foreknowledge of God," in reference to the resurrection of Jesus, the apostle, never overlooking the logical necessit...
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. MEN AND BRETHREN, LET ME, [ exon (G1832) = estoo...
18 Peter, not Joel, speaks of prophesying. It is an inspired break between that part of Joel's prophecy which was fulfilled at Pentecost and that which is yet future. 22 In the evangel of the kingdom...
2:29 Brethren (k-1) As ch. 1.16....
THE DAY OF PENTECOST 1-13. Pentecost. On this day the risen Lord fulfilled His promise to send another Comforter (or Advocate) 'that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom the...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 2 THE *HOLY SPIRIT COMES AT *PENTECOST, 2:1-4 V1 On the day called *Pentecost, the *disciples were all together, in one place. V2 Immediately, t...
LET ME FREELY SPEAK. — Better, _it is lawful for me to speak with freedom._ Those to whom the Apostle spoke could not for a moment dream of asserting that the words quoted had been literally and compl...
ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί : an affectionate form of address as compared with Acts 2:14; Acts 2:22 (_cf._ Acts 7:2; Acts 22:1), but still much more formal than Acts 3:17, where we have ἀδελφοί alone in St. Peter'...
DAVID'S LORD AND OURS Acts 2:25-36 When one considers the vast result of this address, one wonders at its simplicity. It is almost entirely a string of apt quotations. But what may not the Word of G...
The first paragraph of this chapter records the first page of the history of the Church. It is seen as it began to form. The separated units of the disciples were fused into the new unity of the Churc...
David's Prophecies Concerning Christ Peter quoted from Psalms 16:8-11, saying that in it David was speaking concerning the Christ. Jesus died and his body was lain in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea,...
CHRIST, DAVID'S SUCCESSOR 22-35. We find in these Scriptures that Christ was predestinated to suffer and die to redeem the world. While this is true, it was perfectly optionary with Judas, the Jews an...
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: (15) For these ar...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
Chapter 2 relates the fulfilment of this promise, in answer to the spirit of dependence manifested in their united prayers. The Spirit comes from above, in His own power, to possess and fill the dwel...
MEN AND BRETHREN, LET ME FREELY SPEAK UNTO YOU,.... The apostle calls the Jews, brethren, whom he before only styled men of Judea, and men of Israel, because they were his brethren according to the fl...
Men _and_ brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Ver. 29. _His sepulchre is with us_] Repaired, li...
_Men and brethren_ Thus he addresses himself to them, with a title of respect; _let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David _ Let it be no offence to you, if I tell you that David cannot be un...
MEN AND BRETHREN, LET ME FREELY SPEAK UNTO YOU OF THE PATRIARCH DAVID, THAT HE IS BOTH DEAD AND BURIED, AND HIS SEPULCHER IS WITH US UNTO THIS DAY....
The feast of Pentecost in Israel looked forward to the very day on which God had decreed that the Spirit of God should come to form and indwell and empower the Church of God, which Christ had declared...
" MEN _AND_ BRETHREN, LET _ME_ SPEAK FREELY TO YOU OF THE PATRIARCH DAVID, THAT HE IS BOTH DEAD AND BURIED, AND HIS TOMB IS WITH US TO THIS DAY. 1. SERMON - Point 3 - Sub point 2 - DAVID IS STILL DEA...
LET ME: Or, I may...
Brethren,. may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day. 'I MAY SAY UNTO YOU FREELY'-'I can speak to you confidently about'...
22-36 From this gift of the Holy Ghost, Peter preaches unto them Jesus: and here is the history of Christ. Here is an account of his death and sufferings, which they witnessed but a few weeks before....
MEN AND BRETHREN; St. Peter bespeaks this attention and favour, intimating he was one of the same nation with themselves, than which nothing could more recommend him. David was had in great veneration...
29-31. Having exhibited, in the quotation from David, "the determined purpose, and foreknowledge of God," in reference to the resurrection of Jesus, the apostle, never overlooking the logical necessit...
Acts 2:29 Men G435 brethren G80 let G1832 (G5752) speak G2036 (G5629) freely G3326 G3954 to G4314 you G5209 of G4012 patriarch G3966 David G1138 that G3754 is G5053 both G2532 dead G5053 (G5656) and G...
PETER'S REPLY (2:14-36). In his reply Peter reveals a combination of what he has learned through the ministry of Jesus, and what Jesus had made clear to His disciples over His resurrection appearances...
_St. Peter's First Discourse,_ 14-36. No doubt the few discourses St. Luke has given us in the ‘Acts,' represent faithfully the various characteristic features of early apostolic preaching. They are...
I MAY SAY (εξον ειπειν). Supply εστιν before εξον, periphrastic present indicative of εξειμ, to allow, permit. The Authorized Version has "Let me speak," supplying εστο present imperative.FREELY...
Acts 2 We have here the history of the first Christian revival. Let us trace it through, and mark at once its origin and its characteristics. I. It was ushered in by prayer. Like true children of Go...
We cannot too often read the story of that wondrous outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; and let us never read it without asking the Lord to manifest in our midst the fullness of the...
CONTENTS: Holy Spirit's coming on day of Pentecost. The gospel given to the Jews. Peter's great sermon on the resurrected Christ, and the conviction of the people. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit...
Acts 2:1. _The day of Pentecost._ The fiftieth day after our Lord's resurrection, and the day when the sheaf of the firstfruits was offered. Though the feast of Pentecost was but one day, yet like the...
HE DIED AND WAS BURIED. David's grave was inside the city walls, and they had all seen it....
_But Peter standing up with the eleven._ THE SCENE Never was such an audience assembled as that before which this poor fisherman appeared: men of different nations, rapidly and earnestly speaking in...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:14 The Witness in Jerusalem. Beginning with Peter’s sermon at Pentecost and continuing through ch. Acts 5:1, the Christians’ witness is limited to the city of Jerusalem and restric...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 2:22. MIGHTY WORKS, WONDERS, AND SIGNS.—Compare 2 Corinthians 12:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Hebrews 2:4. Of these terms, the first, δυνάμεις, refers to the powers by which Chris...
EXPOSITION ACTS 2:1 _Was now come _for _was fully come, _A.V.; _all together _for _with one accord, _A.V. and T.R. WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS NOW COME; literally, _when the day of Pentecost_—_i.e....
Now when the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1) This would be feast day following the Passover, of which Jesus was crucified. And fifty days after the Passover, the second major Jewish feast, the Feast of Pe...
1 Kings 2:10; Acts 13:36; Acts 26:26; Acts 7:8; Acts 7:9; Hebrews 7:4...
Let me speak [ε ξ ο ν ε ι π ε ι ν]. Lit., it is permitted me. Rev., I may. It is allowable for him to speak, because the facts are notorious. Freely [μ ε τ α π α ρ ρ η σ ι α ς]. Lit., with freedom. T...
The patriarch — A more honourable title than king....