Then Peter standing up — All the gestures, all the words of Peter, show the utmost sobriety; lifted up his voice — With cheerfulness and boldness; and said to them — This discourse has three parts; each of which, Acts 2:14, Acts 2:22, Acts 2:29, begins with the same appellation, men: only to the last part he prefixes with more familiarity the additional word brethren. Men of Judea — That is, ye that are born in Judea. St. Peter spoke in Hebrew, which they all understood.

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