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Acts 2:25
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, I foresaw the Lord always before My face, for He is on My right hand, that I should not be moved;
Verse Acts 2:25. _FOR DAVID SPEAKETH CONCERNING HIM_] The quotation here is made from Psalms 16:8, which contains a most remarkable prophecy concerning Christ, every word of which applies to him, and...
FOR DANIEL SPEAKETH ... - This doctrine that the Messiah must rise from the dead Peter proceeds to prove by a quotation from the Old Testament. This passage is taken from Psalms 16:8. It is made from...
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...
"Men of Israel, listen to these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by deeds of power and wonders and signs, which God, among you, did through him, as you yourselves know this man,...
DAVID. Psalms 18:8. CONCERNING. with reference to. App-104. FORESAW. saw before (me). Only here and Acts 21:29. Greek. _proorao._ ALWAYS. through (App-104.Acts 2:1;...
_For David speaketh concerning him_ The passage which St Peter quotes is from Psalms 16:8-11, and he argues that it could not be of himself that the Psalmist there spake, for they had evidence that th...
ΔΑΥΕῚΔ Κ.Τ.Λ. The passage which St Peter quotes is from Psalms 16:8-11, and he argues that it could not be of himself that the Psalmist there spake, for they had evidence that the words could not be t...
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...
ΠΡΟΟΡΏΜΗΝ _impf. ind. med._ (dep. LC) ΠΡΟΟΡΆΩ (G4308) предвидеть; "иметь перед глазами" (Haenchen). _Impf._ означает, что Господь постоянно перед ним. ΣΑΛΕΥΘΏ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΣΑΛΕΎΩ (G4530) тря...
FOR DAVID SPEAKETH CONCERNING HIM, &C.— It is plain that the phrase εις αυτον here signifies _of_ or _concerning him:_ the particle has the same import, Ephesians 5:32. Elsner upon this place, and Gat...
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...
25-28. There are two points in this announcement which required proof, and to the presentation of this Peter immediately proceeds. Having stated that Jesus was delivered according to the determined pu...
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)] -...
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...
2:25 him, (f-6) See Psalms 16:8 ....
See Psalms 16:8....
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,...
FOR DAVID SPEAKETH CONCERNING HIM. — More accurately, _in reference to Him_ — _i.e.,_ in words which extended to Him. Reading Psalms 16 without this interpretation, it seems as if it spoke only of the...
Δαυεὶδ γὰρ λέγει : the words which follow are quoted by St. Peter from Psalms 16; and it has been said that the Apostle's argument would be the same if the Psalm were the work of some other author tha...
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,...
_“I foresaw the Lord always before me, because he is my right hand that I may not be shaken.”_ These words are applied to Christ; like much of David's testimony this is only applicable to David's grea...
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...
25.The resurrection, (110) which was both declared and witnessed by certain and evident testimonies, and which might also have been gathered out of the continual doctrine of the prophets, was to be pr...
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...
FOR DAVID SPEAKETH CONCERNING HIM,.... The Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, in Psalms 16:8. The whole psalm belongs to the Messiah, and everything concerning the person in it agrees with him; such as h...
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: Ver. 25. _Be moved_] Tossed as a ship by tempest....
_For David speaketh concerning him_ Namely, Psalms 16:8, where see the notes. _I foresaw the Lord always before my face_ In the Psalm, according to the Hebrew, it is, _I have set the Lord always befor...
HIM; the Messiah. I FORESAW THE LORD; saw the Lord before my eyes, as an object of continual trust....
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...
FOR DAVID SAYS CONCERNING HIM: _‘I FORESAW THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE MY FACE, FOR HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, THAT I MAY NOT BE SHAKEN._ 1. Sermon - Point 3 - Sub point 1 - DAVID PROPHESIED THIS 1. Psalms...
For David saith concerning him,. beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that. should not be moved: 'FOR DAVID SAITH'-'Two of Peter's affirmations in the above announcement...
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....
DAVID SPEAKETH CONCERNING HIM, PSALMS 16:8. I FORESAW THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE MY FACE: in the psalm it is, _I have set the Lord:_ the apostle following the reading of the Seventy, then in use and known...
25-28. There are two points in this announcement which required proof, and to the presentation of this Peter immediately proceeds. Having stated that Jesus was delivered according to the determined pu...
Acts 2:25 For G1063 David G1138 says G3004 (G5719) concerning G1519 Him G846 foresaw G4308 (G5710) LORD...
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...
“For David says concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face. For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh...
_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 2:25. FOR DAVID SPEAKETH CONCERNING him. To show it was no new idea of his, that death could not hold the ‘Holy One of God,' St. Peter quotes the words of Psalms 16, where David writes of the sur...
CONCERNING HIM (εις αυτον). Peter interprets Psalms 16:8-11 as written by David and with reference to the Messiah. There is but one speaker in this Psalm and both Peter here and Paul in Acts 13:36 m...
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 2:14 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 2:14. _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...
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...
FOR DAVID SAID ABOUT HIM. Psalms 16:8-11. The spirit, not the exact words, is quoted. IN THE WORLD OF THE DEAD. He would not remain in the grasp of death. David did not say this about himself, but spo...
_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...
_Ye men of Israel, hear these words._ PERSONAL PREACHING One of the old English worthies said that a great many sermons were like carefully written letters dropped into the post-office without any a...
_For David speaketh concerning Him._ A PROPHETIC PANORAMA OF THE LIFE OF JESUS These words of David show Jesus-- I. In His relation to the Father. 1. He had a constant recollection of God. “I saw...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:25 Peter quotes Psalms 16:8 as pointing to Jesus’ resurrection. ⇐...
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 2:22. MIGHTY WORKS, WONDERS, AND SIGNS.—Compare 2 Corinthians 12:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Hebrews 2:
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...
Acts 13:32; Acts 2:29; Acts 2:30; Isaiah 41:13; Isaiah 50:7;...
I foresaw [π ρ ο ω ρ ω μ η ν]. Not to see beforehand, but to see before one's self, as in Psalms 16:8. I should not be moved [μ η σ α λ ε υ θ ω]. Or be shaken. Generally so rendered in the New Testame...
Psalms 16:8....
St. Peter here proceeds in this memorable sermon, which he preached at the feast of Pentecost, to convince the Jews, that Jesus, whom they had crucified, was undoubtedly the promised Messias, because...