Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 2:19
Wonders in heaven, etc.] A metaphorical description of the calamities which will happen on earth before Christ's Second Coming, which St. Peter probably regarded as near: cp. Matthew 24:29.
Wonders in heaven, etc.] A metaphorical description of the calamities which will happen on earth before Christ's Second Coming, which St. Peter probably regarded as near: cp. Matthew 24:29.
ACTS 2:17-21 The quotation from Joel 2:28-32 (= LXX 3:1-5) is preserved in two forms, represented by codex Vaticanus and by codex Bezae. The former agrees almost exactly with the text of the Septuagi...
ACTS 2:19 ai-ma kai. pu/r kai. avtmi,da kapnou/ {A} The omission of the words ai-ma kai. pu/r kai. avtmi,da kapnou/ from the Western text (D itgig, p, r Priscillian) may have resulted from parablepsi...
Verse Acts 2:19. _I WILL SHOW WONDERS_] It is likely that both the prophet and the apostle refer to the calamities that fell upon the Jews at the destruction of Jerusalem, and the fearful signs and po...
I WILL SHOW WONDERS - Literally, “I will give signs” - δώσω τέρατα dōsō terata. The word in the Hebrew, מופתים mowpatiym, means properly “prodigies; wonderful occurrences; miracles performed by Go...
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...
But Peter stood up with the eleven and raised his voice and said to them, "You who are Jews and you who are staying in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and listen to my words. These men are not, as...
SHEW. give. WONDERS. App-176. SIGNS. App-176. EARTH. App-129. Wonders in the heavens, signs upon earth. VAPOUR. Only here and James 4:14. SMOKE. Only here, and twelve times in Revelation....
_and I will shew wonders_, &c. By the figurative language of this verse the prophet teaches that even when the kingdom of Christ shall have come into the world, mighty troubles shall still prevail. Cp...
SKETCH OF ST PETER’S SERMON. REFUTATION OF THE MOCKERS...
ΤΈΡΑΤΑ. Even when the Kingdom of Christ shall have come mighty troubles will still prevail. Christ Himself gave the same lesson (Matthew 24:21-30)....
_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...
ΔΏΣΩ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΆΤΜΊΔΑ _асс. sing. от_ ΆΤΜΊΣ (G822) пар. ΚΑΠΝΟΎ _gen. sing. от_ ΚΑΠΝΌΣ (G2586) дым. _Gen._ описания....
VAPOUR OF SMOKE:— _A cloud of smoke._ Doddridge; who paraphrases the passage thus: "Such destructive wars shall arise, as a punishment for the wickedness of those who reject the mercy I offer, that th...
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...
19-21. So much of Peter's quotation from Joel as we have now considered was in process of fulfillment at the time he was speaking, and is of quite easy interpretation; but not so with the remaining po...
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: AND I WILL SHOW WONDERS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, AND SIGNS IN THE EARTH BENEATH; BLOOD, AND F...
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...
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,...
AND I WILL SHEW WONDERS IN HEAVEN ABOVE. — St. Peter quotes the words of terror that follow, apparently, for the sake of the promise with which they end in Acts 2:21. But as it was not given to him as...
The word σημεῖα is wanting in the Hebrew and the LXX, but the co-ordination of the two words τέρας and σημεῖον is frequent in the N.T. (John 4:48; Acts 4:30; Romans 15:19;...
THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT Acts 2:14-24 The exulting joy of these Spirit-anointed people was accounted for by some through charging them with drunkenness. Peter dismissed the charge as absurd, seeing that...
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...
Spoken By Joel Peter immediately set out to end the wild speculations as to the cause of the apostles being able to speak in languages they had never studied. First, he observed that it was just 9 a.m...
I will shew wonders, &c. These prodigies are commonly expounded of those that shall forerun the last day; or of the prognostics of the destruction of Jerusalem, which was a figure of the destruction o...
MIRACLES OF THE END 19, 20. These two verses describe the miracles of the end of the present age. You see how Peter couples them right on to the miracles of Pentecost; because he expected the Lord to...
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...
19._And I will show wonders _We must first see what is meant by this great day of the Lord. Some do expound it of the former coming of Christ in the flesh; and others refer it unto the last day of the...
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...
AND I WILL SHOW WONDERS IN HEAVEN ABOVE,.... The word above is not in Joel, nor in the Syriac version here, as neither the word "beneath", in the next clause. This may refer either to the appearance o...
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: Ver. 19. _Wonders in heaven_] See Joel 3:15; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24;...
_But this is that which was spoken by the Prophet Joel_ But there is another and better way of accounting for what you see and hear. It is the accomplishment of a remarkable prophecy, in its primary a...
I WILL SHOW WONDERS; such as are described, or referred to, in Matthew 24:29-42; LUKE 21:25-36....
AND I WILL SHOW WONDERS IN HEAVEN ABOVE AND SIGNS IN THE EARTH BENEATH; BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE;...
THE SERMON OF PETER AND ITS EFFECT. The introduction of the sermon:...
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...
_‘AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LAST DAYS, SAYS GOD,THAT I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH; YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY,YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS,YOUR OLD MEN SHALL D...
And. will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:...
14-21 Peter's sermon shows that he was thoroughly recovered from his fall, and thoroughly restored to the Divine favour; for he who had denied Christ, now boldly confessed him. His account of the mir...
As St Peter had declared the promises unto such as would be drawn by the cords of love; so here, on the other side, he useth threatenings, and declares the terrors of the Lord, if so that they will be...
19-21. So much of Peter's quotation from Joel as we have now considered was in process of fulfillment at the time he was speaking, and is of quite easy interpretation; but not so with the remaining po...
Acts 2:19 G2532 show G1325 (G5692) wonders G5059 in G1722 heaven G3772 above G507 And G2532 signs...
“And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke. The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the day of the...
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...
Acts 2:19-20. AND I WILL SHOW WONDERS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, AND SIGNS IN THE EARTH BENEATH; BLOOD, FIRE, AND VAPOUR OF SMOKE... BEFORE THAT GREAT AND NOTABLE DAY OF THE LORD COME. The Messianic dispensatio...
WONDERS (τερατα). Apparently akin to the verb τηρεω, to watch like a wonder in the sky,MIRACLE (μιραχυλυμ), marvel, portent. In the New Testament the word occurs only in the plural and only in co...
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 2:1. 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...
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...
19-20. I WILL PERFORM MIRACLES. _Johnson_ understands this to refer to the coming destruction of Jerusalem (70 A.D.). "Day of the Lord" is used by Joel to mean a _great disaster (see Joel 2)._ Compare...
_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...
_And it shall come to pass in the last days._ THE GOSPEL AGE Four things taught here determine the gospel age. I. It is connected with an extraordinary effusion of the Divine Spirit, “I will pour o...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:19 The darkened SUN and bloody MOON, whether literal or symbolic, indicate the end of the earth. Peter included the full prophecy even though not all of it was yet fulfilled at thi...
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 2:14. MEN OF JUDÆA.—Natives of Jerusalem. YE THAT DWELL AT JERUSALEM.—Foreign Jews, sojourners in the city from other parts. Acts 2:15. THESE.—Not the eleven with Peter merely...
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...
Joel 2:30; Joel 2:31; Malachi 4:1; Zephaniah 1:14...
I will shew [δ ω σ ω]. Lit., I will give. Wonders [τ ε ρ α τ α]. Or portents. See on Matthew 11:20. Signs. See on Matthew 11:20....
And I will show prodigies in heaven above, and signs on earth beneath — Great revelations of grace are usually attended with great judgments on those who reject it. In heaven — Treated of, Acts 2:20....
Did Peter make a mistake in quoting Joel? PROBLEM: In Acts 2, Pentecost arrives, and the disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit. In response to criticism, Peter says that what they hear and see was...