Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI
For Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, nor wilt Thou give Thine holy one to see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, Thou wilt make me full of joy in Thy presence."[88]
ACTS 2:26 h` kardi,a mou The sequence of mou h` kardi,a, attested by a* B Clement, is a more artificial order that may have been introduced by Alexandrian scribes in order to provide a chiastic contr...
Verse Acts 2:26. _AND MY TONGUE WAS GLAD_] In the Hebrew it is ויגל כבודי _vaiyagel kebodi_, "And my glory was glad:" but the evangelist follows the _Septuagint_, in reading και ηγαλλιασατο ἡ γλωσσα...
THEREFORE - Peter ascribes these expressions to the Messiah. The reason why he would exult or rejoice was, that he would be preserved amidst the sorrows that were coming on him, and could look forward...
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,...
THEREFORE. On account of (App-104.Acts 2:2; Acts 2:2) this. WAS GLAD. rejoiced exceedingly. See Matthew 5:12; 1 Peter 1:8;...
_my tongue was glad_ The Heb. has _my glory_. Cp. Psalms 108:1, where the A. V. has, according to the Hebrew, "I will give praise even _with my glory_," while the Prayer-book Version renders "_with th...
Ἡ ΓΛΩ͂ΣΣΆ ΜΟΥ. The Hebrew = my glory. For this exposition of _glory_, cf. Psalms 108:1, where the A.V. has, according to the Hebrew, I will give praise even _with my glory_,’ while the Prayer-Book Ver...
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...
ΗΎΦΡΆΝΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΕΎΦΡΑΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G2165) ликовать, радоваться; _pass._ быть радостным (GELTS, 190; KVS, 257-58). ΉΓΑΛΛΙΆΣΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΓΑΛΛΙΆΟΜΑΙ (G21) радоваться, б...
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...
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: THEREFORE DID MY HEART REJOICE, AND MY TONGUE WAS GLAD. In the Psalm the word is "my glory" [ kªb...
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...
2:26 more, (g-11) Lit. 'and more also.'...
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...
REST IN HOPE] lit. 'pitch its tent upon hope.'...
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,...
MY TONGUE WAS GLAD. — The Hebrew gives “my glory,” a term which was applied to the mind of man, perhaps also to his faculty of speech (Psalms 57:8; Psalms 62:7), as that by which he excelled all other...
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,...
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...
26._For this my heart rejoiced _Joy of the soul, gladness of the tongue, and quietness of all the whole body, do ensue upon sure hope and confidence; for unless men be quite past feeling, (118) they m...
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...
THEREFORE DID MY HEART REJOICE,.... Because that he had always the truth, faithfulness, and power of God in his view, and the presence and protection of God with him; and which are sufficient to make...
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Ver. 26. _My tongue_] Heb. "my glory." With the tongue bless we God, James 3:9, which is the best wa...
_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...
IN HOPE; in hope of a resurrection, without corruption in the grave....
THEREFORE DID MY HEART REJOICE, AND MY TONGUE WAS GLAD; MOREOVER, ALSO MY FLESH SHALL REST IN HOPE;...
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...
_THEREFORE MY HEART REJOICED, AND MY TONGUE WAS GLAD; MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL REST IN HOPE._ 1. Even in death there can be rejoicing and gladness. Death is a time of mourning. But it can also be...
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope: 'THEREFORE'-Because of the assurance expressed in the previous verse. 'MY HEART WAS GLAD'-'For this m...
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....
THEREFORE, because of God's nearness to or presence with him, DID MY HEART REJOICE; Christ's and his people's joy is solid and true, real and inward, and may bear the test, _res severa est verum gaudi...
Acts 2:26 Therefore G1223 G5124 my G3450 heart G2588 rejoiced G2165 (G5681) and G2532 my G3450 tongue...
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 2:26. THEREFORE DID MY HEART REJOICE. These words describe Messiah's glad consciousness on earth of His oneness with the Father; for an expression of this, compare the words of Jesus on the occas...
_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...
WAS GLAD (ηυφρανθη). First aorist (timeless here like the Hebrew perfect) passive indicative of ευφραινω (cf. Luke 15:32). Timeless also is "rejoiced" (ηγαλλιασατο).SHALL DWELL (κατασκηνωσε). Shal...
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...
Psalms 16:9; Psalms 22:22; Psalms 30:11; Psalms 63:5; Psalms 71:23...
Rejoiced [η γ α λ λ ι α σ α τ ο]. Rev., was glad. See on 1 Peter 1:6. Shall rest [κ α τ α σ κ η ν ω σ ε ι]. See on nests, Matthew 8:20. Better, as Rev., dwell. Lit., dwell in a tent or tabernacle. Ren...