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Verse Acts 2:3. _CLOVEN TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE_] The tongues were
the emblem of the _languages_ they were to speak. The _cloven tongues_
pointed out the _diversity_ of those languages; and the _fire...
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AND THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM - There were seen by them, or they saw.
The fire was first seen by them in the room before it rested in the
form of tongues on the heads of the disciples. Perhaps the fire...
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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 ...
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THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT IS FULFILLED TO THE DISCIPLES.
Acts 2:1. Fifty days after Easter, ten days after the Ascension, the
promise of Acts 1:4; Acts 1:8 is fulfilled and the Church starts into
acti...
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So when the day of Pentecost came round, they were all together in one
place; and all of a sudden there came from heaven a sound like that of
a violent, rushing wind and it filled the whole house wher...
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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...
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APPEARED UNTO. were seen by. Greek. _horao._ App-133.
CLOVEN TONGUES. tongues distributing, or parting themselves.
UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104.
EACH. each one....
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_cloven tongues like as of fire_ Better, _tongues like as of fire_
PARTING ASUNDER; cf. Isaiah 5:24, where the Hebrew has "tongue of
fire" while the A. V. gives only "fire." It is also to be noticed t...
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Acts 2:1-13. THE HOLY GHOST GIVEN AT PENTECOST. EFFECT FIRST PRODUCED
THEREBY ON THE DWELLERS AT JERUSALEM...
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ΔΙΑΜΕΡΙΖΌΜΕΝΑΙ ΓΛΩ͂ΣΣΑΙ ὩΣΕῚ ΠΥΡΌΣ,
_tongues like as of fire distributed among them_. Cf. Isaiah 5:24,
where the Hebrew has ‘tongue of fire’ (see margin) while the A.V.
gives only ‘fire.’ It is also t...
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_THE HOLY GHOST DESCENDED ACTS 2:1-4:_ Jesus had promised that the
kingdom of God would come with power. (Mark 9:1) The power came with
the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. The events under...
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DISCOURSE: 1736
OUT-POURING OF THE SPIRIT
Acts 2:1. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven as of a rushin...
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THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM CLOVEN TONGUES— Besides the great and
indispensable use of the gift of tongues to the first preachers of the
gospel, the elegance and propriety in the choice of this miracle t...
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3. IN AN APARTMENT IN THE TEMPLE.
a.
The baptism in the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:1-4.
Acts 2:1
And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in
one place.
Acts 2:2
And suddenly th...
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3, 4. Simultaneous with the sound, (3) "_There appeared to them
tongues, distributed, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them._
(4) _And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to sp...
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And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it
sat upon each of them.
AND THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM CLOVEN TONGUES, [ diamerizomenai (G1266)
gloossai (G1100)] - 'disparted tongu...
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20 It seems that Judas did not pay for the freehold, but returned the
thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests. They had a consultation,
and used the money to complete the purchase. The freehold w...
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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...
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CLOVEN TONGUES] RV 'tongues parting asunder, like as of fire.' St.
Luke means that the tongues or flames of fire appeared first in one
mass over the assembled Church, and then divided, one flame or to...
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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,...
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Lastly, the Feast of Pentecost had — traditionally, at least —
also a commemorative character. On that day — so it was computed by
the later Rabbis, though the Book of Exodus (Exodus 19:1) seems to
le...
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CHAPTER 5
THE PENTECOSTAL BLESSING.
Acts 2:1
IN these words we find the record of the event which completed the
Church, and endowed it with that mysterious power which then was, and
ever since has...
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διαμεριζόμ. γλῶσσαι : the audible σημεῖον is
followed by a visible: γλῶσσαι the organs of speech by which
the wonderful works of God were to be proclaimed, so that the
expression cannot be explained f...
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SPEAKING IN STRANGE TONGUES
Acts 2:1-13
The priests in the Temple were offering the first loaves of the new
harvest, in celebration of the feast of Pentecost, when the Holy
Spirit came as the first f...
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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...
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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit
John the Baptist foretold that Jesus would baptize with the Holy
Spirit. God told John the one who would administer that baptism was
the one "Upon whom you see the Spiri...
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Tongues... of fire. The Hebrews use the name tongue, for almost any
thing pointed. Thus they say, a tongue of the earth, for a promontory.
(Josue xv. 5.) A fiery tongue for a flame in shape of a tongu...
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TONGUES OF FIRE
3. The tongue symbolizes the gospel whose dispensation is here and now
inaugurated. God has never given but one definition of His minister,
“a flame of fire” (Hebrews 1:7). Satan is th...
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And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. (3) And
there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sa...
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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...
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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...
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AND THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM CLOVEN TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE,.... An
emblem of the various tongues and languages, in which they were to
preach the Gospel; these appearances were like flames of fire par...
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And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it
sat upon each of them.
Ver. 3. _Cloven tongues_] Teaching them both ορθοτομειν, to
divide the word aright, and also ορθοποδειν, as...
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_And suddenly_ That is, unexpectedly and in a moment, not gradually,
as winds generally rise; _there came a sound from heaven_ Not, as some
have supposed, like a clap of thunder; but _as of a rushing...
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CLOVEN TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE; in the form of tongues divided, and in
appearance like fire, which rested upon each of the apostles....
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THE PENTECOST MIRACLE.
The apostles filled with the Holy Spirit:...
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AND THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM CLOVEN TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE, AND IT
SAT UPON EACH OF THEM....
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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...
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THEN THERE APPEARED TO THEM DIVIDED TONGUES, AS OF FIRE, AND _ONE_ SAT
UPON EACH OF THEM.
1. Appeared - The sound was for the audio minded. Now, for the visuals
there was the appearance of divided (s...
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And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire;
and it sat upon each one of them.
'TONGUES PARTING ASUNDER'-'They are called "tongues" because they were
tongue-shaped in form.'...
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1-4 We cannot forget how often, while their Master was with them
there were strifes among the disciples which should be the greatest;
but now all these strifes were at an end. They had prayed more
to...
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CLOVEN TONGS; to signify the variety of languages which the apostles
should be enabled to speak, to qualify them to preach the gospel unto
all nations, and to remove the obstacle which the confusion o...
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3, 4. Simultaneous with the sound, (3) "_ There appeared to them
tongues, distributed, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them._
(4) And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to sp...
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Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments
This is the Spirit that was given to the apostles in the form of fiery
tongues.[414]...
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Acts 2:3 Then G2532 appeared G3700 (G5681) them G846 divided G1266
(G5730) tongues G1100 as G5616 fire...
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‘And there appeared to them tongues dividing apart, like as of fire,
and it sat on each one of them.'
There also “appeared to them divided tongues as of fire” sitting
on each of them. Previously such...
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THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (2:1-4).
It must be recognised what Pentecost was. It was not the day of the
crowning of the King. That had already taken place in Heaven (Matthew
28:18; Mark 16:19; Dani...
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Acts 2:2-3. THERE CAME FROM HEAVEN a SOUND as OF a RUSHING MIGHTY
WIND, AND IT FILLED ALL THE HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE SITTING. AND THERE
APPEARED UNTO THEM CLOVEN TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE, AND IT SAT UPO...
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PARTING ASUNDER
(διαμεριζομενα). Present middle (or passive) participle
of διαμεριζω, old verb, to cleave asunder, to cut in pieces
as a butcher does meat (aorist passive in Luke 11:17). So middle h...
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CLOVEN TONGUES
tongues, as of fire, parting and sitting upon each of them....
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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...
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Acts 2:1
Pentecost
I. The congregation in that upper room was the representative, or, as
it were, the seed-germ, of the whole Catholic Church of all the
centuries and of every land. For a symbol of t...
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Acts 2:2
The Christian's Interest in the Day of Pentecost
I. At the day of Pentecost a new era did manifestly break upon the
world; not an era during which human reason was to be more vast than
it ha...
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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...
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Acts 2:1. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place. «And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the hous...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_And suddenly there came a sound from heaven._
THE SOUND FROM HEAVEN AN ANSWER TO PRAYER
The united prayer of the apostles was a cry to heaven, well pleasing
to God, and this sound was a delightful...
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_And when the day of Pentecost was fully come._
THE DAY OF PENTECOST
I. In the occurrences of the day of Pentecost we discover evidence of
a special Divine influence. This idea is too prevalent, that...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:3 The DIVIDED TONGUES AS OF FIRE were not
literal flames, but they looked enough like fire that this was the
best description. “Fire” in the OT often indicates God’s
presence. It a...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 2:1. PENTECOST.—So called from the date of its occurrence, the
fiftieth from the second day of the Passover. FULLY COME.—Lit. _was
being fulfilled_, referring to the completion...
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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....
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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...
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1 Corinthians 12:10; Acts 1:15; Acts 2:11; Acts 2:4; Genesis 11:6;...
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There appeared. See on Luke 22:43.
Cloven tongues [δ ι α μ ε ρ ι ζ ο μ ε ν α ι γ λ ω σ
σ α ι]. Many prefer to render tongues distributing themselves, or
being distributed among the disciples, instead...
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THE RESULTS OF PENTECOST
Acts 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Before Christ went away He said unto the disciples, "Behold, I send
the promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in Jerusalem, until ye
be en...
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And there appeared distinct tongues, as of fire — That is, small
flames of fire. This is all which the phrase, tongues of fire, means
in the language of the seventy. Yet it might intimate God's touchi...