Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 2:28
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life — That is, Thou hast raised me from the dead. Thou wilt fill me with joy by thy countenance — When I ascend to thy right hand.
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life — That is, Thou hast raised me from the dead. Thou wilt fill me with joy by thy countenance — When I ascend to thy right hand.
Verse Acts 2:28. _THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE_] That is, the way from the region of death, or state of the dead and separate spirits; so that I shall resume the same body, and live the...
THOU HAST MADE KNOWN ... - The Hebrew is, “Thou wilt make known to me,” etc. In relation to the Messiah, it means, Thou wilt restore me to life. THE WAYS OF LIFE - This properly means the path to life...
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,...
HAST MADE KNOWN. madest known. App-132. LIFE. App-170. JOY. Greek. _euphrosune._ Only here and Acts 14:17....
_thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance_ Thus the LXX. paraphrases the Hebrew, which gives "in thy presence is fulness of joy....
28. ΠΛΗΡΏΣΕΙΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. This is an example of how the LXX. sometimes paraphrases. The Hebrew text literally translated is, ‘in thy presence is fulness of joy.’...
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...
ΈΓΝΏΡΙΣΑΣ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΝΩΡΊΖΩ (G1107) делать известным, ΠΛΗΡΏΣΕΙΣ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΠΛΗΡΌΩ (G4137) исполнять, наполнять, с _gen._ наполнять чем-л....
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 25...
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE - of resurrection-life; THOU SHALT MAKE ME FULL OF JO...
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...
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,...
THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS of life. — The Apostle does not interpret these words, but we can hardly err in thinking that he would have looked on them also as fulfilled in Christ’s humanity, T...
ἐγνώρισάς μοι ὁδοὺς ζωῆς : St. Peter quotes from the LXX, which has the plural ὁδούς so in Proverbs 5:6, where Hebrew has the same word as here in the singular, the LXX translates ὁδοὺς ζωῆς. μετὰ τοῦ...
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,...
Thou hast (u) made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. (u) You have opened to me the way of true life....
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...
28._Thou hast made known. _He meaneth, that he was restored from death to life by the grace of God. For in that he was, as it were, a man raised from death to life, he acknowledgeth that it was a grea...
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...
THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE,.... That is, thou hast raised me from the dead. When God raised Christ from the dead, he showed him, or made him to know experimentally the way of life, or...
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Ver. 28. _Thou hast made known_] _i.e._ Thou givest me experience, or thou hast made me partaker of....
_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...
FULL OF JOY; the joy of the Messiah, in view of his certain resurrection and ascension to heaven....
THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; THOU SHALT MAKE ME FULL OF JOY WITH THY COUNTENANCE. Peter had stated to the Jews that Jesus had been delivered according to the foreknowledge of God and t...
The proof from David:...
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...
_YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE._ '__ 1. We learn much about what happens at the time of death for this passage. While the body is in the da...
Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance. 'THOU'-i.e. the Father. 'MADEST KNOWN'-Jesus knew beforehand that He would be raised from the de...
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....
THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME; God is frequently said to make those mercies known to us which he bestows upon us. THE WAYS OF LIFE; of a true life, which is life indeed. David in these words celebrates G...
Acts 2:28 known G1107 (G5656) me G3427 ways G3598 life G2222 make G4137 me G3165 full G4137 ...
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...
Acts 2:28. THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE. The thoughts of the Redeemer on earth are still being expressed. To Him in His deep humiliation were made known by the Father those mysterious w...
_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...
THE WAYS OF LIFE (οδους ζωης). Though dead God will show him the ways back to life....
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...
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 2:1. _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...
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...
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...
Hebrews 12:2; John 11:25; John 11:26; John 14:6; Proverbs 2:19;...