George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Acts 2:17
In the last days, or the latter days, meaning the time of the Messias, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, that is, all persons. See Joel ii. 28. (Witham)
In the last days, or the latter days, meaning the time of the Messias, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, that is, all persons. See Joel ii. 28. (Witham)
ACTS 2:17-21 The quotation from Joel 2:28-32 (= LXX 3:1-5) is preserved in two forms, represented by codex Vaticanus and by codex Bezae. The former agrees almost exactly with the text of the Septuagi...
ACTS 2:17 evn tai/j evsca,taij h`me,raij It was probably the author himself who substituted evn tai/j evsca,taij h`me,raij (a A D E I P S 462 vg syr Irenaeus Hilary Macarius Chrysostom Augustine _al_...
Verse Acts 2:17. _IN THE LAST DAYS_] The time of the Messiah; and so the phrase was understood among the Jews. _I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH_] Rabbi _Tanchum_ says, "When Moses laid h...
IT SHALL COME TO PASS - It shall happen, or shall occur. IN THE LAST DAYS - Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, after these things, or afterward. The expression the last days, however, occurs frequen...
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 ...
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...
But Peter stood up with the eleven and raised his voice and said to them, "You who are Jews and you who are staying in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and listen to my words. These men are not, as...
IN. App-104. THE LAST DAYS. See note on Genesis 49:1. POUR OUT. Greek. _ekcheo._ Translated "shed forth" in Acts 2:33. SPIRIT. App-101. ALL FLESH.. Hebraism. Compare Isaiah 40:5;...
_in the last days_ These words are an interpretation of the _afterwards_of the Hebrew, and _after these things_of the LXX. The expression "the last days" is used in the Old Testament to signify the co...
17. ἘΝΥΠΝΊΟΙΣ with אABCD. There is the like variation between accusative and dative in the MSS. of the LXX. 17. ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ἘΣΧΆΤΑΙΣ ἩΜΈΡΑΙΣ. In the language of the Old Testament prophets these words si...
SKETCH OF ST PETER’S SERMON. REFUTATION OF THE MOCKERS...
_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...
ΈΣΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 2:14. ΈΚΧΕΏ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΈΚΧΈΩ (G1632) изливаться. ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΎΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΎΩ (G4395) предсказывать что-л., пророчествовать, ΌΨΟΝΤΑΙ...
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...
See notes on verse 16...
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...
20 It seems that Judas did not pay for the freehold, but returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests. They had a consultation, and used the money to complete the purchase. The freehold w...
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...
ST. PETER'S SERMON AND ITS EFFECTS. Peter's sermon falls into four divisions: (1) Acts 2:14. Explanation of the phenomenon of speaking with tongues as a manifestation of the outpouring of the Spirit f...
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,...
IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LAST DAYS. — The prophecy of Joel takes its place, with the exception, perhaps, of Hosea, as the oldest of the prophetic books of the Old Testament. The people were suffer...
ἐν ταῖς ἐσχ. ἡμέρ., _i.e._, the time immediately preceding the Parousia of the Messiah (Weber, _Jüdische Theologie_, p. 372). The expression is introduced here instead of μετὰ ταῦτα, LXX, to show that...
THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT Acts 2:14-24 The exulting joy of these Spirit-anointed people was accounted for by some through charging them with drunkenness. Peter dismissed the charge as absurd, seeing that...
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...
Spoken By Joel Peter immediately set out to end the wild speculations as to the cause of the apostles being able to speak in languages they had never studied. First, he observed that it was just 9 a.m...
(3) And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon (l) all (m) flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, a...
LAST DAYS 15-18. Peter proves by Joel the fulfillment of the latter-day prophecies on that notable occasion. The Edenic dispensation has come and gone, winding up with the terrible calamity of the Fal...
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...
_‘A MESSAGE OF HOPE’_ ‘Your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.’ Acts 2:17 The New Testament exhibits no anxiety to make out a formal literal fulfilment of this promis...
17._It shall be in the last days _By this effect he proveth that the Messiah is already revealed. Joel, indeed, doth not express the last days, (Joel 2:29;) but for as much as he intreateth of the per...
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...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LAST DAYS,.... In Joel it is, "afterwards"; instead of which Peter puts, "in the last days"; the sense is the same: and so R. David Kimchi, a celebrated commentator wi...
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...
_But this is that which was spoken by the Prophet Joel_ But there is another and better way of accounting for what you see and hear. It is the accomplishment of a remarkable prophecy, in its primary a...
LAST DAYS; in the time of the Messiah; under the gospel dispensation. SEE VISIONS-DREAM DREAMS; these are mentioned as among the ways in which God reveals his will to men. Matthew 2:13....
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...
THE SERMON OF PETER AND ITS EFFECT. The introduction of the sermon:...
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...
_‘AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LAST DAYS, SAYS GOD,THAT I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH; YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY,YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS,YOUR OLD MEN SHALL D...
And it shall be in the last days, saith God,. will pour forth 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...
14-21 Peter's sermon shows that he was thoroughly recovered from his fall, and thoroughly restored to the Divine favour; for he who had denied Christ, now boldly confessed him. His account of the mir...
IN THE LAST DAYS; in the time of the Messiah, called the _last days_ frequently, 2 TIMOTHY 3:1 HEBREWS 1:2 2 PETER 3:3; as also called _the last time,_...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh"[141] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V For "in the last days," saith He," I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh....
Acts 2:17 And G2532 pass G2071 (G5704) in G1722 last G2078 days G2250 says G3004 (G5719) God...
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...
“And it shall be in the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream...
_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 s...
Acts 2:17. _In_ THE LAST DAYS. The LXX. here reads μετὰ ταῡτα, _after these things._ The great Jewish commentator Rabbi D. Kim chi says these two expressions mean the same thing. ‘And it shall be afte...
IN THE LAST DAYS (εν ταις εσχαταις ημεραις). Joel does not have precisely these words, but he defines "those days" as being "the day of the Lord" (cf. Isaiah 2:2; Micah 4:1).I WILL POUR FORTH (εκχ...
LAST DAYS A distinction must be observed between "the last days" when the prediction relates to Israel, and the "last days" when the prediction relates to the church (1 Timothy 4:1); (2 Timothy 3:1);...
Acts 2:14 The first Gospel Sermon There are four links in St. Peter's chain of evidence. The first two, lying within the knowledge of his hearers, are briefly handled; the last two, being facts lyin...
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 God...
Acts 2:2 , ACTS 2:17 _(with John 2:20)_ The Fourfold Symbols of the Spirit I. A rushing mighty wind. In this symbol we have set forth the highest work of the Spirit the communication of a new and su...
Acts 2:1. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. «And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the hous...
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...
Acts 2:14. _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:_ A g...
Acts 2:1. _And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place._ The first lesson that we ought to learn from this inspired record of what happened on the day of...
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...
THIS IS WHAT I WILL DO IN THE LAST DAYS. The Jews called the last age of time which would begin at the coming of the Messiah, the _last days (see_ Isaiah 2:2). Note that Peter clearly identifies the _...
_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...
_And it shall come to pass in the last days._ THE GOSPEL AGE Four things taught here determine the gospel age. I. It is connected with an extraordinary effusion of the Divine Spirit, “I will pour o...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:17 The LAST DAYS began at Pentecost (see Hebrews 1:2). They will continue until Christ’s return. Most rabbis believed the Spirit stopped speaking through human pro
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 Jerus
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 2:14. MEN OF JUDÆA.—Natives of Jerusalem. YE THAT DWELL AT JERUSALEM.—Foreign Jews, sojourners in the city from other parts. Acts 2:15. THESE.—Not the eleven with Peter merely...
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 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 14:26; 2 Peter 3:3;...
All flesh. Without distinction of age, sex, or condition. Visions [ο ρ α σ ε ι ς]. Waking visions. Dream dreams [ε ν υ π ν ι α ε ν υ π ν ι α σ θ η σ ο ν τ α ι]. The best texts read ejnupnioiv, with...
THE RESULTS OF PENTECOST Acts 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before Christ went away He said unto the disciples, "Behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in Jerusalem, until ye be en...
The times of the Messiah are frequently called the last days, the Gospel being the last dispensation of Divine grace. I will pour out of my Spirit — Not on the day of pentecost only, upon all flesh —...
Did Peter make a mistake in quoting Joel? PROBLEM: In Acts 2, Pentecost arrives, and the disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit. In response to criticism, Peter says that what they hear and see was...