Scofield's Bible Commentary
Acts 2:3
cloven tongues
tongues, as of fire, parting and sitting upon each of them.
cloven tongues
tongues, as of fire, parting and sitting upon each of them.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
APPEARED UNTO. were seen by. Greek. _horao._ App-133. CLOVEN TONGUES. tongues distributing, or parting themselves. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. EACH. each one....
_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...
Acts 2:1-13. THE HOLY GHOST GIVEN AT PENTECOST. EFFECT FIRST PRODUCED THEREBY ON THE DWELLERS AT JERUSALEM...
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...
_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...
ΏΦΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ОΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть; _pass._ являться, ΔΙΑΜΕΡΙΖΌΜΕΝΑΙ _praes. med. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΔΙΑΜΕΡΊΖΩ (G1266) распределять; _med._ разделяться на части или распределяться ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
_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...
CLOVEN TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE; in the form of tongues divided, and in appearance like fire, which rested upon each of the apostles....
AND THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM CLOVEN TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE, AND IT SAT UPON EACH OF THEM....
THE PENTECOST MIRACLE. The apostles filled with the Holy Spirit:...
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...
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...
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.'...
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...
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...
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...
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments This is the Spirit that was given to the apostles in the form of fiery tongues.[414]...
Acts 2:3 Then G2532 appeared G3700 (G5681) them G846 divided G1266 (G5730) tongues G1100 as G5616 fire...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
_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...
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 12:10; Acts 1:15; Acts 2:11; Acts 2:4; Genesis 11:6;...
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...
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...
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...