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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...
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Verse Acts 2:20. _THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON_
_INTO BLOOD_] These are figurative representations of _eclipses_,
intended most probably to point out the fall of the _civil_ and...
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THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS - See the notes on Matthew
24:29. The same images used here with reference to the sun and moon
are used also there: They occur not infrequently, Mark 13:24; 2 Pet...
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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 (Acts 2:37).
5. The...
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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...
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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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TURNED. changed. Only here; Galatians 1:1; Galatians 1:7; James 4:9.
INTO. App-104.
NOTABLE. Greek. _epiphanes._ Only here. Same word as in the
Septuagint. Compare App-106. The kindred noun, _epipha...
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_that great and notable day_ Instead of _notable_we have in Joel
_terrible_. The words of the N. T. are those of the LXX. The Hebrew
verbs _to fear_and _to see_have often been confounded in that versi...
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SKETCH OF ST PETER’S SERMON. REFUTATION OF THE MOCKERS...
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_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...
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ΜΕΤΑΣΤΡΑΦΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_
ΜΕΤΑΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G3344) изменять, обращаться.
Предложное сочетание передает идею
изменения (МН, 318).
ΈΛΘΕΪ́Ν _aor. act. inf. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064)
приходить. _Inf._ с...
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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...
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See notes on verse 19...
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD,
BEFORE THAT GREAT...
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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...
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2:20 appearing (b-18) Though used for 'illustrious,' 'glorious,' the
Greek word has in it the sense of 'manifestation, appearing,
displaying itself.' see Titus 2:11 ,Titus 2:13 . Lord (c-22)
'Jehovah;...
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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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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, t...
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THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS. — Both clauses bring before
us the phenomena of an eclipse: the total darkness of the sun, the
dusky copper hue of the moon. Signs, of which these were but faint...
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For similar prophetic imagery taken from the startling phenomena of an
eclipse in Palestine, _cf._ Isaiah 13:10; Ezekiel 32:7; Amos 8:9.
πρὶν ἢ ἐλθεῖν. The LXX omit ἤ, and Weiss contends
that this is...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS,.... As at the death of Christ,
by a total eclipse of it:
AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD; as at the opening of the sixth seal,
Revelation 6:12
BEFORE THAT GREAT AND NO...
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
that great and notable day of the Lord come:
Ver. 20. _The sun shall be turned_] He seems to set forth the great
troubles of the...
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_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...
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SUN-TURNED INTO DARKNESS; the sun and moon were emblems of the civil
government of the Jews, which should be overthrown and destroyed
before that great and notable day, when the Lord should appear for...
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THE SERMON OF PETER AND ITS EFFECT.
The introduction of the sermon:...
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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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_‘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...
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before
the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day.
Points to Note:
If one reads the O.T., they will find such language is oft...
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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 mira...
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OLBGrk;
THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD; this
agrees with the other words in the forecited prophecy, JOEL 2:31. How
these amazing signs shall be fulfilled, whether lite...
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Dubious Hippolytus Fragments
the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood.[108]...
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Acts 2:20 sun G2246 turned G3344 (G5691) into G1519 darkness G4655 And
G2532 moon G4582 into G1519 blood G129 Before G2228 G4250 coming G2064
(G5629) great G3173 and G2532 awesome G2016 day G2250 LORD...
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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...
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_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...
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SHALL BE TURNED
(μεταστραφησετα). Second future passive of
μεταστρεφω, common verb, but only three times in the N.T.
(Acts 2:20 from Joel; James 4:9; Galatians 1:7). These are the
"wonders" or porte...
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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 Go...
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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 hou...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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 Jerusalem and
restric...
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_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 merel...
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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 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10; 2 Peter 3:7;
Amos 8:9; Isaiah 13:15; Isaiah 13:9; Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 24:23; Isaiah
34:8
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That great and notable day of the Lord come. The Rev. heightens the
emphasis by following the Greek order, the day of the Lord, that great
and notable day. Notable [ε π ι φ α ν η] only here in New
Tes...
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The moon shall be turned into blood — A bloody colour: before the
day of the Lord — Eminently the last day; though not excluding any
other day or season, wherein the Lord shall manifest his glory, in...
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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 wa...