This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses.
1. Peter and the other 11 were witnesses to his resurrection.
2. They saw him alive after his death. They met with Him. They ate breakfast with Him. They were with Him when he ascended.
Verse 32. _WHEREOF WE ALL ARE WITNESSES._] That is, the whole 120 saw him after he rose from the dead, and were all ready, in the face of persecution and death, to attest this great truth....
THIS JESUS - Peter, having shown that it was predicted that the Messiah would rise, now affirms that such a resurrection occurred in the case of Jesus. If it was a matter of prophecy, all objection to...
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,...
HATH. Omit. WHEREOF. of which. ALL. i.e. the twelve. WITNESSES. See note on Acts 1:8....
_This Jesus hath God raised up_ (i.e. from the dead). The verb here, and the noun translated _resurrection_in the previous verse, are parts of the same word, and make the statement very forcible in th...
RECITAL OF GOD’S TESTIMONY BY THE RESURRECTION TO THE MESSIAHSHIP OF JESUS...
ἈΝΈΣΤΗΣΕΝ, _raised up_ (from the dead). The word takes up the ἀνάστασις of the previous verse. The English cannot mark by similarity of word the forcible character of the Greek, which would be given i...
_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...
ΆΝΈΣΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 2:24. Воскресение Иисуса основано на обещании завета, в безусловном исполнении которого Бог поклялся Давиду. Вечному царству требуется бессмертный, а не мертвый Ца...
DISCOURSE: 1737 SENDING FORTH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Acts 2:32. _This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore, being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the...
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...
32, 33. Thus far in his argument, the speaker has proved that the Messiah must rise from the dead to ascend his throne; but he has yet to prove that _Jesus_ was thus raised, and was, therefore, the Me...
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. THIS JESUS, [ touton (G5126) ton (G3588) Ieesoun (G2424)] - 'This very Jesus (as in...
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,...
THIS JESUS HATH GOD RAISED UP... — From the first the Apostles take up the position which their Lord had assigned them. They are witnesses, and before and above all else, witnesses of the Resurrection...
οὗ : may be masculine = Christ, _cf._ Acts 13:31, but is taken as neuter by Blass (so too Overbeck, Holtzmann, Weiss, Wendt, Felten). Bengel remarks “nempe Dei qui id fecit,” and compares Acts 5:32; A...
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,...
(7) This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. (7) Peter witnesses that Jesus Christ is the appointed everlasting King, which he manifestly proves by the gifts of the Holy Spirit an...
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...
HEAVENLY CORONATION 29-35. When I was in Jerusalem and visiting this spot, on which they were praying when the Holy Ghost fell on them, my guide pointed me out David's tomb right there in full view. S...
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...
32._This Jesus _After that he had proved by the testimony of David, that it was most requisite that Christ should rise again, he saith, that he and the rest of his fellows were such witnesses as saw h...
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...
THIS JESUS HATH GOD RAISED UP,.... That is, from the dead, WHEREOF WE ARE ALL WITNESSES; namely, of his resurrection, they having seen him, and heard him, and ate, and drank, and conversed with him s...
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Ver. 32. _Hath God raised up_] Adam died, and we hear no more of him; but the second Adam rose and reigneth for ever....
_This Jesus_ Whom we assert to be the true Messiah; _hath God raised up_ According to the tenor of his promise; _whereof_ Of which resurrection; _we all are witnesses_ On our personal and certain know...
THIS JESUS HATH GOD RAISED UP, WHEREOF WE ALL ARE WITNESSES. Peter, in this section of his sermon, uses the intimate and confidential address "men and brethren. " He wants to make the people feel that...
The application of the prophecy:...
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...
This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses. 'THIS JESUS DID GOD RAISE UP'-David was speaking of Jesus of Nazareth. 'WHEREOF WE ALL ARE WITNESSES'-The apostles add their own eyewitness...
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....
THIS JESUS, whom ye crucified, and we preach, WHEREOF WE ALL ARE WITNESSES: they had now received the power spoken of and promised ACTS 1:6, and testify what they had heard, and seen, and felt, and al...
32, 33. Thus far in his argument, the speaker has proved that the Messiah must rise from the dead to ascend his throne; but he has yet to prove that _Jesus_ was thus raised, and was, therefore, the Me...
Acts 2:32 This G5126 Jesus G2424 God G2316 up G450 (G5656) which G3739 we G2249 are G2070 ...
“This Jesus did God raise up, of which we all are witnesses. Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth thi...
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...
_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...
_Third Division of St. Peter's Discourse,_ 29-36. The preacher shows that that great Psalm which he has used as a bulwark of his argument respecting Messiah, could not by any possibility refer to Dav...
Acts 2:32. THIS JESUS HATH GOD RAISED UP. Looking back to Acts 2:24, this Jesus whom you all knew about so well as David's descendant has fulfilled all the varied details of this marvellous prophecy;...
THIS JESUS (τουτον τον Ιησουν). Many of the name "Jesus," but he means the one already called "the Nazarene" (verse Acts 2:22) and foretold as the Messiah in Acts 2:16 and raised from the dead by Go...
Acts 2:20 , ACTS 2:32 The first Christian Apology I. The audience which St. Peter addressed were familiar with the main outlines of Jesus' life as recent and notorious events. We assume them also. Fo...
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...
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...
GOD HAS RAISED THIS VERY JESUS. "David prophesied it; we have all seen it." This is their testimony....
_Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David._ AN ANTI-RATIONALIST ARGUMENT Peter avers-- I. That david could not have said of himself the words here quoted, For this he st...
_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...
_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...
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...
Acts 1:22; Acts 1:8; Acts 10:39; Acts 2:24; Acts 3:15;...
He foreseeing this, spake of the resurrection Of Christ — St. Peter argues thus: It is plain, David did not speak this of himself. Therefore he spake of Christ's rising. But how does that promise of a...