CHAPTER 2 THE CHURCH OF CHRIST EQUIPPED FOR ITS WORK—THE IMPLEMENTING OF THE PROMISE § 1. The Baptism of Fire; or, the Descent of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:1). § 2. Excitement in Jerusalem; or, what the Multitude thought of the Phenomenon (Acts 2:5). § 3. Peter’s Sermon.— 1. The First Christian... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 2:1. PENTECOST.—So called from the date of its occurrence, the fiftieth from the second day of the Passover. FULLY COME.—Lit. _was being fulfilled_, referring to the completion of the interval between the two feasts. If the 16th Nisan was a Friday, the fiftieth day forward w... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 2:5. DWELLING AT JERUSALEM.—Not. “permanently residing” only, a sense the word usually has in Luke’s writings (Luke 1:19; Luke 4:16; Luke 13:4), but also “temporarily sojourning,” a meaning not excluded by the term, and apparently demanded by the context, which speaks of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, but all who had been heard speaking (Acts 2:7). THE THIRD HOUR.—Nine a.m. in our time; the hour o... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 Christ’s miracles were performed; the second, τέρατα, to the astonishment they awakened; the third, σημεῖ... [ Continue Reading ]
_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. Acts 2:38. BE BAPTISED.—The rite known to the Jews as a means of admitting proselytes to the Jewish Church had been practised by John (Matthew 3:6) and comm... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 2:42. THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY.—Lit. _constantly applying themselves unto_, or _being engaged in_. A term characteristic of Luke (see Acts 2:46; Acts 6:4; Acts 8:13; Acts 10:7). THE APOSTLES’ DOCTRINE—_I.e._, listening to and applying to themselves the teaching of the Twel... [ Continue Reading ]