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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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)....
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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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ΔΏΣΩ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать,
ΆΤΜΊΔΑ _асс. sing. от_ ΆΤΜΊΣ (G822) пар.
ΚΑΠΝΟΎ _gen. sing. от_ ΚΑΠΝΌΣ (G2586) дым. _Gen._
описания....
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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....
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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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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...
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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;...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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 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...
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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;...
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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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I WILL SHOW WONDERS; such as are described, or referred to, in Matthew
24:29-42; LUKE 21:25-36....
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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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And. will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth
beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:...
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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 mir...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 2:19 G2532 show G1325 (G5692) wonders G5059 in G1722 heaven G3772
above G507 And G2532 signs...
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“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...
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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 s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. 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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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 2:14. _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...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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 Jerus
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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 merely...
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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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Joel 2:30; Joel 2:31; Malachi 4:1; Zephaniah 1:14...
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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....
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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....
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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 was...