Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 2:41-47
The effect of the sermon in the establishment and progress of the Church:
The effect of the sermon in the establishment and progress of the Church:
ACTS 2:41 The substitution in D of pisteu,santej for avpodexa,menoi was doubtless motivated by theological concern that faith in, and not merely reception of, the word preached by Peter is prerequisi...
Verse 41. _THEY THAT GLADLY RECEIVED HIS WORD_] The word ασμενως, which signifies _joyfully, readily, willingly_, implies that they approved of the doctrine delivered; that they were glad to hear of...
THEY THAT GLADLY RECEIVED - The word rendered “gladly” means “freely, cheerfully, joyfully.” It implies that they did it without compulsion, and with joy. Religion is not compulsion. They who become C...
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 ...
EFFECT OF THE SERMON. A rapid and lively narrative succeeds. The hearers feel the sting of their position, and say (_cf_. Luke 3:10), What shall we do? Peter's requirements are repentance and baptism,...
When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and they said to Peter and to the other apostles, "Brethren, what are we to do?" Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in 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...
GLADLY. Texts omit. RECEIVED. received fully. Greek. _apodechomai._ Only here; Acts 15:4; Acts 18:27; Acts 24:3; Acts 28:30;...
The first Converts and their behaviour 41. _Then they that gladly received his word_ The oldest MSS. Omit _gladly_. The latter clause of the verse is more literally, _And there were added on that day...
THE FIRST CONVERTS AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR...
41. ἀσμένως omitted with אABCD and _Vulg_. 41. ΠΡΟΣΕΤΈΘΗΣΑΝ. Render, _there were added on that day about three thousand souls_, i.e. to the hundred and twenty who composed the community when the day...
_THE RESULT IS SALVATION ACTS 2:40-47:_ Only those that gladly receive the word can be saved. The one that gladly receives the word will be baptized immediately. They did not eat, sleep nor drink firs...
ΆΠΟΔΕΞΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΑΠΟΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G588) принимать, приветствовать. _Adj. part._ в роли _subst._ ΈΒΑΠΤΊΣΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Acts 2:38. ΠΡΟΣΕΤΈΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ Π...
THERE WERE ADDED UNTO THEM ABOUT THREE THOUSAND SOULS.— The phrase Προσετεθησαν, rendered _there were added,_ emphatically signifies, _"to pass over_ to a body of men;" and implies that these persons...
d. The results of the sermon. Acts 2:37-42. Acts 2:37. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? Act...
41. The multitude, who had been so pierced to the heart by Peter's discourse, as to cry out, "Brethren, what shall we do?" were happily surprised to find the terms of pardon so easy. (41) "_Then they...
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 - asme...
38 Repentance and baptism lead to a probationary pardon, which may be withdrawn. This pardon is extended by Christ as the King. Its operation is illustrated by the parable of the ten thousand talent d...
2:41 accepted (b-5) It means, 'to receive in full,' or 'with satisfaction;' or, as to an opinion or teaching, 'to accept and receive it as true.' see Note, Luke 8:40 ....
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...
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,...
THEY THAT GLADLY RECEIVED HIS WORD WERE BAPTIZED. — This was, we must remember, no new emotion. Not four years had passed since there had been a like eagerness to rush to the baptism of John. (See Not...
Οἱ μὲν οὖν : a truly Lucan formula, see Acts 1:6. There is no anacoluthon, but for the answering δέ see Acts 5:42. The words therefore refer to those mentioned in Acts 5:37; in contrast to the three t...
PENTECOSTAL DAYS Acts 2:37-47 There were no exceptions in Peter's great appeal for repentance. _Every one of you!_ he declared. “But I drove the nails into His hands.” _Every one of you!_ he insists....
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...
The Keys to the Kingdom In Matthew 16:19, Jesus promised Peter, "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose o...
(10) Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls. (10) A notable example of the power of the Holy Spirit: but such...
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. (42) And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellows...
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...
41._They, therefore, which willingly. _Luke showeth more plainly how fruitful this one sermon which Peter made was: to wit, that it gained unto Christ about three thousand men. And therewithal he decl...
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...
THEN THEY THAT GLADLY RECEIVED HIS WORD,.... The Syriac version adds, "and believed"; what Peter said concerning repentance and baptism, and especially concerning remission of sins, and the gift of th...
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added _unto them_ about three thousand souls. Ver. 41. _Were baptized_] They gave up their names to Christ, and took...
_Then they that gladly received his word_, &c. The apostle's exhortation was not given in vain; many were awakened and savingly brought to God by it; for the influence of the Holy Spirit accompanied i...
THEY THAT GLADLY RECEIVED HIS WORD; they who believed what Peter had said, and were disposed to comply with his directions. WERE ADDED; added to the company of believers....
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...
THEN THOSE WHO GLADLY RECEIVED HIS WORD WERE BAPTIZED; AND THAT DAY ABOUT THREE THOUSAND SOULS WERE ADDED _TO THEM._ 1. Those that received the word - Many listened, heeded, believed, decided to obey...
They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls. 'RECEIVED HIS WORD'-588. apodechomai ap-od-ekh'-om-ahee; from 575 and 1209; to t...
37-41 From the first delivery of that Divine message, it appeared that there was Divine power going with it; and thousands were brought to the obedience of faith. But neither Peter's words, nor the m...
THEY THAT GLADLY RECEIVED HIS WORD; some still remained in their unbelief and hardness of heart; though never men spake as the apostles now spake, with divers tongues, &c. UNTO THEM; to the church, or...
41. The multitude, who had been so pierced to the heart by Peter's discourse, as to cry out, "Brethren, what shall we do?" were happily surprised to find the terms of pardon so easy. (41) "_ Then they...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For this reason, too, did the apostles, collecting the sheep which had perished of the house of Israel, and discoursing to them from the Scriptures, prove that this...
Acts 2:41 Then G3303 G3767 gladly G780 received G588 (G5666) his G846 word G3056 baptized G907 ...
‘They then who received his word were baptised, and there were added to them in that day about three thousand souls.' The result was the ‘adding' to them of around three thousand people. ‘Three thousa...
Acts 2:41. THEN THEY THAT GLADLY RECEIVED HIS WORD WERE BAPTIZED: AND THE SAME DAY THERE WERE ADDED TO THEM ABOUT THREE THOUSAND SOULS. Several commentators remark here, that as during the course at l...
THEY THEN (Hο μεν ουν). A common phrase in Acts either without antithesis as in Acts 1:6; Acts 5:41; Acts 8:4; Acts 8:25;...
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 2:37 The First Christian Baptism I. The double condition of baptism is repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. (1) Repentance, or the resolute turning and changing of the life, to face right round...
Acts 2:41 St. Peter's Pentecostal Sermon Consider the several points noted in the text, as showing the result of St. Peter's sermon. I. In the first place, the persons who had been baptized, and so...
You know that Peter had been preaching a plain, simple, straightforward sermon upon the death, crucifixion, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. He, who was once such a coward that he trembled b...
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...
MANY OF THEM BELIEVED. Those who believed, were baptized immediately! [Those who did not believe had no reason to be baptized.] ABOUT THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE. The Twelve could have done the baptising th...
_Now when they heard this they were pricked in their heart._ THE EFFECTS OF GOSPEL PREACHING 1. Peter having explained the events of Pentecost, an immediate effect was produced. “They were pricked in...
_Then they that gladly received his word were baptized._ MARKS OF HAVING RECEIVED THE WORD 1. A public profession of faith. 2. A desire to fulfil all the ordinances laid upon them by our Lord. 3....
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:41 The THREE THOUSAND converts at Pentecost were ADDED to the initial 120 believers (Acts 1:15)....
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 2:37. WHAT SHALL WE DO?—As in Luke 3:10; Luke 3:12; Luke 3:14. The cry showed how deeply Peter’s words had penetrated....
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 Thessalonians 1:6; Acts 1:15; Acts 13:48; Acts 16:31; Acts 2:37;...
And there were added — To the hundred and twenty....
Observe here, 1. The wonderful success of St. Peter's sermon: About three thousand were converted to the profession of the Christian religion in one day, by hearing. single sermon. How many thousands...