And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Descent of the Spirit-The Foreign Tongues (Acts 2:1) AND WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST - the second of the three annual Jewish festivals, designed to celebrate the ingathering of the wheat-harvest, as the Passo... [ Continue Reading ]
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. AND SUDDENLY THERE CAME A SOUND FROM HEAVEN, AS OF A RUSHING MIGHTY WIND. 'The whole description (as Olshausen remarks) is so picturesque and striking that it could only h... [ Continue Reading ]
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. AND THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM CLOVEN TONGUES, [ diamerizomenai (G1266) gloossai (G1100)] - 'disparted tongues' or tongue shaped, flame-like appearances, rising from a common center or root, and not 'streamin... [ Continue Reading ]
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND BEGAN TO SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES - real, living languages, as is quite plain from what follows; AS THE SPIRIT GAVE, [ edid... [ Continue Reading ]
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. AND THERE WERE DWELLING AT JERUSALEM, [ Eesan (G2258) de (G1161) katoikountes (G2730)] - not, perhaps, permanently settled there (as some good critics understand the words), but come to stay there during the... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. NOW WHEN THIS WAS NOISED ABROAD, [ foonees (G5456) = feemees (G5345), as often in the Septuagint, 'the noise'] THE MULTITUDE CAME TOGETHER, AND WERE C... [ Continue Reading ]
And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? AND THEY WERE ALL AMAZED, [ pantes (G3956 ) SHOULD NOT, WE THINK, HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TEXT BY LACHMANN AND TISCHENDORF] AND MARVELED, SAYING [ONE TO ANOTHER] (these bracketed w... [ Continue Reading ]
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? AND HOW HEAR WE EVERY MAN IN OUR OWN TONGUE, WHEREIN WE WERE BURN?... [ Continue Reading ]
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, PARTHIANS ... In this and the two following verses we have probably the historian's own filling up of the question of the astonished multitude. For it will be observed that th... [ Continue Reading ]
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, PHRYGIA - in the center of Asia Minor. AND PAMPHYLIA - due south of Phrygia, and washed by the northern shore of the Mediterranean. IN EGYPT, AND IN THE PARTS OF LIBYA ABOUT C... [ Continue Reading ]
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. CRETES AND ARABIANS. Crete (the modern Candia) is that large island of the Mediterranean which stretches across the southern extremity of the AEgean Sea, and celebrated once for its hundred cities. From the tim... [ Continue Reading ]
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? AND THEY WERE ALL AMAZED, AND WERE IN DOUBT, [ dieeporoun (G1280), or-ounto] - were quite at a loss (cf. Acts 5:24; Luke 9:7; Luke 24:4), SAYING ONE TO ANOTHER, WHAT MEANETH THIS? [ Ti (G5100) an (G302) thelo... [ Continue Reading ]
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. OTHERS MOCKING, [ diachleuazontes (G1315A), THE STRENGTHENED FORM OF THE VERB, IS THE TRUE READING] SAID, THESE MEN ARE FULL OF NEW WINE, [ gleukous (G1098)] - rather, 'sweet wine;' that is, not "new wine," but wine preserved in its original s... [ Continue Reading ]
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: BUT PETER, STANDING UP (ALONG) WITH THE ELEVEN - by which they held themselves forth at once as the responsible... [ Continue Reading ]
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. FOR THESE - these disciples, pointing doubtless to the whole inspired company, ARE NOT DRUNKEN, AS YE SUPPOSE, SEEING IT IS BUT THE THIRD HOUR OF THE DAY - nine o'clock in the morning (see ; ; ). This was the fi... [ Continue Reading ]
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; BUT THIS IS THAT WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET JOEL (Acts 2:28). [Tischendorf omits the word "Joel" from his text, but against the strongest authorities.]... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LAST DAYS, SAITH GOD. In the Hebrew and... [ Continue Reading ]
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: AND ON MY SERVANTS AND ON MY HANDMAIDENS I WILL POUR OUT IN THOSE DAYS OF MY SPIRIT; AND THEY SHALL PROPHESY. This also appears to have been strikingly fulfilled in some of the gifted se... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: AND I WILL SHOW WONDERS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, AND SIGNS IN THE EARTH BENEATH; BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOUR OF SMOKE:... [ Continue Reading ]
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THAT GREAT AND NOTABLE DAY OF THE LORD COME. Great political and ecclesiastical revolutions, issuing in the en... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. This prophetically announces the permanent establishment of the Economy of Salvation, to follow on the dissolu... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: YE MEN OF ISRAEL, HEAR THESE WORDS: JESUS OF NAZARETH, A MAN APPROVED OF GOD, [ andra (G435) apo (G575) t... [ Continue Reading ]
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: HIM, BEING DELIVERED BY THE DETERMINATE COUNSEL AND FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD - that is, delivered both by God's fixed purpose and by His perfect foresight of all the... [ Continue Reading ]
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. WHOM GOD HATH RAISED UP - thus augustly reversing their sentence of condemnation upon Him; HAVING LOOSED THE PAINS OF DEATH. The word rendered "pains" [ oodinas (G5604)], which... [ Continue Reading ]
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: FOR DAVID SPEAKETH CONCERNING HIM, [ eis (G1519) auton (G846)] - or 'with reference to Him,' (see Ephesians 5:23, Gr.) The quotation consists of four verses - Psalm... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: THEREFORE DID MY HEART REJOICE, AND MY TONGUE WAS GLAD. In the Psalm the word is "my glory" [ kªbowdiy (H3519)], which the Septuagint render not unfitly, 'my tongue,' whose power of articulation is... [ Continue Reading ]
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. BECAUSE THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL - [ eis (G1519) hadeen (G86), according to the much better supported reading, and as in the Septuagint; not hadou (G86), as in the Received Text]. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE - of resurrection-life; THOU SHALT MAKE ME FULL OF JOY WITH THY COUNTENANCE - when I shall have sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, as th... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (G2077), imperat., as in Vulgate, liceat; or (more probably), indic., esti (G2076) = exesti (G1832)... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; THEREFORE BEING A PROPHET - and so penning this psalm "in the Spirit," AND KNOWING - from the explicit promises... [ Continue Reading ]
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. HE, SEEING THIS BEFORE, SPAKE OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST - not that Peter means to say that David was conscious of not speaking in this psalm of Christ's resurrect... [ Continue Reading ]
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. THIS JESUS, [ touton (G5126) ton (G3588) Ieesoun (G2424)] - 'This very Jesus (as in Acts 1:11, and Acts 2:36 below), HATH GOD RAISED UP, WHEREOF WE ALL ARE WITNESSES. Thus explicitly and courageously does the apostle interpret this p... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. THEREFORE BEING BY THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD EXALTED, [ tee (G3588) dexia (G1188)] - not 'to the right hand of God' (as Olshausen, De... [ Continue Reading ]
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, FOR DAVID IS NOT ASCENDED INTO THE HEAVENS - that is, in the body; indeed, he had already appealed to themselves whether all that remained of David in the body was not still i... [ Continue Reading ]
Until I make thy foes thy footstool. UNTIL I MAKE THY FOES THY FOOTSTOOL. 'David himself (argues the apostle) cannot possibly be the subject of this prophetic psalm of his, for he calls the person intended 'his Lord;' and David's sepulchre, with all that remains of his mortal body, is still in t... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. THEREFORE (TO SUM UP ALL IN ONE BRIEF WORD), LET ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL - to whom, as the then existing people of God, the proclamation behoved to be first for... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? NOW WHEN THEY HEARD THIS, THEY WERE PRICKED IN THEIR HEART. The word here used [ katenugeesan (G2660)] - not classical, but several times occurring... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. THEN PETER SAID UNTO THEM, REPENT. For the meaning of this word, see the note at . Here it certainly includes the reception o... [ Continue Reading ]
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. FOR THE PROMISE - of the Holy Spirit, the grand blessing of the new covenant (Joel 2:28) which was to descend upon the Church from the risen and glorified Saviour (see th... [ Continue Reading ]
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. AND WITH MANY OTHER WORDS DID HE TESTIFY AND EXHORT. This shows that we have here not the whole of what Peter addressed to the multitude, though what is given is doubtless reported as he utte... [ Continue Reading ]
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. THEN THEY THAT [GLADLY] RECEIVED HIS WORD. [The bracketed word - asmenoos (G780) - is insufficiently supported.] WERE BAPTIZED, [ hoi (G3588) men (G3303) oun (G3767) ap... [ Continue Reading ]
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. AND THEY CONTINUED STEDFASTLY IN THE APOSTLES' DOCTRINE AND FELLOWSHIP, [ Eesan (G2258) de (G1161) proskarterountes (G4342) tee (G3588) didachee (G1322) toon (G3588) apostoloon (G652)... [ Continue Reading ]
And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. AND FEAR CAME UPON EVERY SOUL - a deep awe rested on the whole outside community (so Bengel, Olshausen, Meyer, DeWette, etc.): compare Acts 5:5; Luke 1:65. It seems a mistake to apply this (as Chrysostom and Hum... [ Continue Reading ]
And all that believed were together, and had all things common; AND ALL THAT BELIEVED WERE TOGETHER, [ epi (G1909) to (G3588) auto (G846)] - or 'at one place' statedly assembled; AND HAD ALL THINGS COMMON. How they carried this out is expressed in the next verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. AND SOLD THEIR POSSESSIONS AND GOODS, AND PARTED THEM TO ALL MEN, AS EVERY MAN HAD NEED. See the notes at Acts 4:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, AND THEY, CONTINUING DAILY WITH ONE ACCORD IN THE TEMPLE - observing the stated forms of Jewish worship, AND BREAKING BREAD FROM HOUSE TO... [ Continue Reading ]
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. PRAISING GOD, AND HAVING FAVOUR WITH ALL THE PEOPLE - their lovely demeanour attracting the admiration of all who observed them. AND THE LORD - the Lord Jesus, as the glorified H... [ Continue Reading ]