Acts 2:22

Recital of God's witness by the Resurrection to the Messiahship of Jesus

22. men of Israel As the prophecies which St Peter is about to put forward were given before the nation was rent into two parts, he calls them by a name which points to their union and common descent from Jacob.

Jesus of Nazareth, a man, &c. He begins with the manhood of Jesus as that which they would all confess.

approved i.e. publicly demonstrated or set forth. Cp. the words of Nicodemus (John 3:2), "No man can do these miracles that thou doest except God be with him."

among you Better, unto you; for the testimony had been given not only amongthem, but presented untothem, cf. John 12:37, "Though he had done so many miracles before themyet they believed not on him."

by miracles and wonders and signs These distinct names are given to Christ's marvellous works according to the light in which they are viewed. The first name, miracles, lit. powers, is applied to them because they proclaimed the might of Him who wrought them; they are named wonders, because they called forth that feeling when they were wrought; and signsbecause they point out their author as Divine.

God did St Peter does not yet advance to the declaration of Christ as God, only as God's agent, in works which their own eyes had seen.