Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
And when the multitudes exclaimed, "What shall we do then? "Peter says to them, "Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."[167]
ACTS 2:37 The replacement of avkou,santej de, with to,te pa,ntej oi` sunelqo,ntej kai. avkou,santej in D syrhmg and the insertion in D of tinej evx auvtw/n before ei=pon (because the entire crowd cou...
Verse 37. _WHEN THEY HEARD_ THIS, _THEY WERE PRICKED IN THEIR_ _HEART_] This powerful, intelligent, consecutive, and interesting discourse, supported every where by _prophecies_ and corresponding _fac...
NOW WHEN THEY HEARD THIS - When they heard this declaration of Peter, and this proof that Jesus was the Messiah. There was no fanaticism in his discourse; it was cool, close, pungent reasoning. He pro...
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...
PRICKED. pierced through. Only here in NT. In Septuagint Genesis 34:7; Psalms 109:16, &c. APOSTLES. See App-189....
Effect of St Peter's Sermon 37. _pricked in their heart_ stung with remorse at the enormity of the wickedness which had been committed in the Crucifixion, and at the blindness with which the whole na...
ΚΑΤΕΝΎΓΗΣΑΝ ΤῊΝ ΚΑΡΔΊΑΝ. The verb, without the following noun, is found LXX. Genesis 34:7 (_were grieved_ A.V.) and κατανενυγμένον τῇ καρδίᾳ, Ps. 108:16 of one ‘broken in heart.’ The sense here is, th...
EFFECT OF ST PETER’S SERMON...
_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...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΚΑΤΕΝΎΓΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΤΑΝΎΣΣΟΜΑΙ (G2660) ранить, причинять острую боль; _pass._ быть раненным, задетым (BAGD). Относится к б...
DISCOURSE: 1739 REPENTANCE EXEMPLIFIED IN THE FIRST CONVERTS Acts 2:37. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the Apostles, Men and brethre...
THEY WERE PRICKED IN THEIR HEART,— "Their hearts were pierced with compunction," Κατενυγησαν....
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...
37. It has already been observed, that up to the moment in which Peter arose to address the audience, although the immersion in the Holy Spirit had occurred, and its effects had been fully witnessed b...
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? NOW WHEN THEY HEARD THIS, THEY WERE PRICKED IN T...
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...
WERE PRICKED IN THEIR HEART] (1) because they had crucified Jesus; (2) because they had not acknowledged Him as the Messiah, and had thus deprived themselves of the hope of salvation....
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 WERE PRICKED IN THEIR HEART. — The verb occurs here only in the New Testament, and expresses the sharp, painful emotion which is indicated in “compunction,” a word of kindred meaning. A noun deri...
CHAPTER 7 THE FIRSTFRUITS OF PENTECOST. Acts 2:37 THE sermon of St. Peter on the day of Pentecost and the sermons of our Lord present a striking contrast. Our Lord's sermons were of various kinds; t...
κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν : no word could better make known that the sting of the last word had begun to work (see Theophylact, _in loco_) = _compungo_, so in Vulg. The word is not used in classical Gre...
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...
"Cut to the Heart" It is hard to imagine just how stunned some in Peter's audience must have been. The man who they recognized as a Galilean and likely viewed as uneducated had just presented a compel...
_They had compunction in their heart, with sorrow for their sins, especially against their Messias. (Witham)_...
Peter is shouted down by a swelling tide of mournful wails: _“What must we do?”_...
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? (38) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be bapt...
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...
37._They were pricked in heart. _Luke doth now declare the fruit of the sermon, to the end we may know that the power of the Holy Ghost was not only showed forth in the diversity of tongues, but also...
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...
NOW WHEN THEY HEARD THIS,.... Or "him", as the Arabic version; that is, Peter speaking these things, describing the character of Jesus of Nazareth; opening the prophecies concerning him; asserting his...
Now when they heard _this_, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men _and_ brethren, what shall we do? Ver. 37. _They were pricked_] Punctually prick...
_Now when they heard this_ Having patiently heard Peter out, and not given him the interruption they had been used to give Christ in his discourses; (which was an important point gained;) _they were p...
HEARD THIS; that they had crucified the Messiah, the Lord of glory. PRICKED IN THEIR HEART; convicted of sin and deeply distressed. WHAT SHALL WE DO? to be saved from the guilt and punishment of sin...
The immediate effect of the sermon:...
NOW WHEN THEY HEARD THIS, THEY WERE PRICKED IN THEIR HEART, AND SAID UNTO PETER AND TO THE REST OF THE APOSTLES, MEN AND BRETHREN, WHAT SHALL WE DO?...
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...
NOW WHEN THEY HEARD _THIS,_ THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART, AND SAID TO PETER AND THE REST OF THE APOSTLES, " MEN _AND_ BRETHREN, WHAT SHALL WE DO? " 1. How will we react to the teaching about Christ? Th...
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? 'HEARD THIS'-'If Jesus of Nazareth was indeed the appointed M...
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 WERE PRICKED IN THEIR HEART; so great and true their grief, they were concerned as if they had been run through: (the pains the mind suffer are most acute): this was foretold, MALACHI 12:10. MEN...
37. It has already been observed, that up to the moment in which Peter arose to address the audience, although the immersion in the Holy Spirit had occurred, and its effects had been fully witnessed b...
Acts 2:37 Now G1161 heard G191 (G5660) cut G2660 (G5648) heart G2588 and G5037 said G2036 ...
THE RESPONSE OF HIS HEARERS (2:37-41). ‘Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?” ' What they had seen and h...
_Effect of the First Discourse of St. Peter, 37-41._ ‘St. Luke here relates what was the fruit of the sermons, that we may know that the Holy Spirit was displayed not merely in the variety of tongues...
THEY WERE PRICKED IN THEIR HEART (κατενυγησαν την καρδιαν). Second aorist indicative of κατανυσσω, a rare verb (LXX) to pierce, to sting sharply, to stun, to smite. Homer used it of horses dinting...
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...
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...
THEY WERE DEEPLY TROUBLED. Peter has explained the meaning of the signs and wonders they have seen! Now it is clear to them that they are guilty of rejecting God's Messiah and nailing him to the cross...
_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...
_Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?_ IT IS THE PREACHING THAT PRICKS MEN’S CONSCIENCE...
_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...
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 Corinthians 14:24; 1 Corinthians 14:25; Acts 1:16; Acts 16:29;...
They were pricked [κ α τ ε ν υ γ η σ α ν]. Only here in New Testament. The word does not occur in profane Greek. It is found in the Septuagint, as Genesis 34:7, of the grief of the sons of Jacob at th...
They said to the apostles, Brethren — They did not style them so before....
Here the success of St. Peter's sermon is recorded; The auditors were not only affected, but their hearts were touched with. kindly remorse; they mourn for sin and inquire what they should do to be sa...