Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 2:30
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had (x) sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
(x) Had sworn solemnly.
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had (x) sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
(x) Had sworn solemnly.
ACTS 2:30 ovsfu,oj The substitution of kardi,aj in D* for ovsfu,oj has been explained in terms of an Aramaic source 79 or as a false retranslation from the Latin text itd (_praecordis,_ which means b...
Verse 30. _ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, HE WOULD RAISE UP CHRIST_] This whole clause is wanting in ACD, one of the _Syriac_, the _Coptic,_ _AEthiopic, Armenian_, and _Vulgate_; and is variously entered in...
THEREFORE - As David was dead and buried, it was clear that he could not have referred to himself in this remarkable declaration. It followed that he must have had reference to some other one. BEING A...
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,...
BEING. Greek. _huparcho._ See note on Luke 9:48. HAD SWORN. swore. See 2 Samuel 7. WITH. by. ACCORDING... CHRIST TO SIT. The texts read, "He would set (one)". ON. Greek. _epi_. App-104. HIS THRONE...
_knowing that God had sworn with an oath_ See Psalms 132:11, "of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne." _that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to...
30. τὸ κατὰ σάρκα� omitted with אABCD. The _Vulg_. does not represent these words. The omitted words seem like a marginal exposition which in time made its way into the text. 30. ὍΡΚΩΙ ὬΜΟΣΕΝ. See Ps...
RECITAL OF GOD’S TESTIMONY BY THE RESURRECTION TO THE MESSIAHSHIP OF JESUS...
_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...
ΥΠΆΡΧΩΝ _praes. act. part._ (причины) ΥΠΆΡΧΩ (G5225) существовать, быть, ΕΊΔΏΣ _perf. act. part. от_ ΟΙΔΑ, perf. со _знач. praes._ знать, ΏΜΟΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΜΝΎΩ (G3660) клясться; с _dat._...
ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, &C.— This is expressed in the original in such a manner, as seems to refer these words not to the loins of David, but to Christ; and so may be an intimation that it was only in...
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...
See notes on verse 29...
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; THEREFORE BEIN...
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,...
THEREFORE BEING A PROPHET. — The words “according to the flesh, He would raise up Christ,” are wanting in many of the best MSS. Without them the sentence, though somewhat incomplete, would run thus: “...
προφήτης : as David could not have spoken this Psalm of himself, he spoke it of some other, who was none other than the Messiah here the word is used in the double sense of one declaring God's will, 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,...
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...
_“Therefore being a prophet and knowing that God swore to him with an oath that one from the fruit of his loins should sit upon his throne.”_ Peter uses this testimony of David to prove the kingship o...
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...
30._Therefore, seeing he was a prophet _He showeth, by two reasons, that it is no marvel if David do speak of things that should come to pass long after his time; the former is, because he was a proph...
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...
THEREFORE BEING A PROPHET,.... Who could foretell things to come, as he did many things concerning the sufferings and death of Christ, and the circumstances attending it, concerning his resurrection,...
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; Ver. 30. _Out of...
_Men and brethren_ Thus he addresses himself to them, with a title of respect; _let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David _ Let it be no offence to you, if I tell you that David cannot be un...
SWORN WITH AN OATH; 2 SAMUEL 7:12-29; PSALMS 89:3-4; Psalms 89:35-37; Psalms 132:11;...
THEREFORE, BEING A PROPHET, AND KNOWING THAT GOD HAD SWORN WITH AN OATH TO HIM THAT OF THE FRUIT OF HIS LOINS, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, HE WOULD RAISE UP CHRIST TO SIT ON HIS THRONE,...
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...
THEREFORE, BEING A PROPHET, AND KNOWING THAT GOD HAD SWORN WITH AN OATH TO HIM THAT OF THE FRUIT OF HIS BODY, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, HE WOULD RAISE UP THE CHRIST TO SIT ON HIS THRONE, 1. SERMON - Po...
Being therefore. prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne; 'BEING THEREFORE. PROPHET'-Which means that David spoke...
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....
HAD SWORN WITH AN OATH; not barely had sworn, which had been sufficient; but to show the excellency of the matter, and the necessity of our believing of it, as also the solemnity of the words, PSALMS...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made [that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ."[166] Tertullian On the Fl...
Acts 2:30 Therefore G3767 being G5225 (G5723) prophet G4396 and G2532 knowing G1492 (G5761) that G3754 God...
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...
“Brethren, I may say to you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath...
_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 2:30. THEREFORE BEING A PROPHET. ‘In the stricter sense, a foreteller of future events by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit' (Alford). Jesus Himself expressly speaks of David writing ‘in the Spi...
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 MADE A VOW. Note Peter's reasoning. God had promised David that Christ would sit on his throne. [2 Samuel 7:11-16; Psalms 89:3-4; Psalms 89:35-37;...
_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...
_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...
_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...
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
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:25 Peter quotes Psalms 16:8 as pointing to Jesus’ resurrection. ⇐...
_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...
1 Chronicles 17:11; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Samuel 23:2; 2 Samuel 7:11;...
According to the flesh, he would raise up Christ. The best texts omit. Render as Rev., he would set one upon his throne....
Psalms 89:4, &c....