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Acts 2:27
because Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.
because Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.
Verse Acts 2:27. _THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL_] εις αιδου, _in_ _hades_, that is, the state of _separate spirits_, or the state of the _dead_. Hades was a general term among the Greek writers...
THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL - The word “soul,” with us, means “the thinking, the immortal part of man,” and is applied to it whether existing in connection with the body or separate from it. The Hebre...
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,...
LEAVE. forsake, or abandon. Greek. _enkataleipo._ Occurs nine times. Always translated "forsake", except here and Romans 9:29. MY SOUL. me. App-110. IN. into. App-104. HELL. App-131. NEITHER. Gree...
_in hell_ The Greek word here and in Acts 2:31 is _Hades_, and signifies _the unseen world_. _neither wilt thou suffer_ Lit. _give_. _thine Holy One_ The Hebrew word in the Psalm contains the idea o...
ΕἸΣ ἍΙΔΗΝ, _in Hades_, i.e. in the unseen world. So too in Acts 2:31 where we have the more usual expression εἰς ᾅδου (understanding δόμον), but in the Psalm from which quotation is made, the best tex...
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...
ΕΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΊΨΕΙΣ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΈΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΊΠΩ (G1459) покидать, оставлять позади, убегать, оставлять (GELTS, 126-27; TLNT). ΔΏΣΕΙΣ _fut. ind. act., см._ Acts 2:19. ΊΔΕΪ́Ν _aor. act. inf. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G...
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 25...
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. BECAUSE THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL - [ eis (G1519) hadeen (G86), according to the mu...
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...
2:27 hades, (h-9) 'in' ( _ eis_ ) hades. see Note, Matthew 11:23 . gracious (i-15) Or 'holy,' _ hosios_ . It corresponds to the Hebrew _ chasid_ = merciful, gracious. see Note f, ch. 13.34,35; 2 Chro...
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...
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...
HELL] i.e. Hades, the abode of disembodied spirits waiting for the resurrection (Heb. _Sheol_). A proof text of the reality of Christ's descent into 'hell' (i.e. Hades)....
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,...
THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL. — Literally, _in Hades._ (See Note on Matthew 11:23.) As interpreted by St. Peter’s words in his Epistle (1 Peter 3:19), the words conveyed to his mind the thought...
In LXX and N.T. rightly εἰς ᾅδην. W.H [127]; _cf._ also Briggs, _Messianic Prophecies_, p. 24; although in T.R. as usually in Attic, εἰς ᾅδου, _sc._, δόμον. Blass regards as simply usurping in the com...
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,...
Because thou wilt not (t) leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. (t) You will not allow me to remain in the grave....
Thou wilt not leave [3] my soul in hell. This is also the Protestant translation; and the manner in which Beza translates it, is both very false and ridiculous, thou shalt not leave my carcass in the...
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...
_“Because thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.”_ We have two words used by the Holy Ghost and translated _“Hell”_ in E. V., _i. e_., “Hades,” w...
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...
27._Because thou shalt not leave _To leave the soul in hell is to suffer the same to be oppressed with destruction. There be two words used in this place, both which do signify the grave amongst the H...
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...
BECAUSE THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL,.... This is an apostrophe, or an address to his Father, who he believed would not leave his soul, as separate from his body, in Hades, in the invisible wor...
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Ver. 27. _My soul in hell_] That is, my body in the grave. So Revelation 20:13. Death and hell,...
_For David speaketh concerning him_ Namely, Psalms 16:8, where see the notes. _I foresaw the Lord always before my face_ In the Psalm, according to the Hebrew, it is, _I have set the Lord always befor...
HELL; this word here does not mean, as it often does, the place of endless torment; but the place or state of the dead. THY HOLY ONE; Jesus Christ....
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...
_FOR YOU WILL NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HADES, NOR WILL YOU ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO SEE_ _CORRUPTION._ 1. God promises that Jesus' soul will not remain in Hades. Hades is a term for the place of departed s...
Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption. 'BECAUSE'-This is the reason for the hope, confidence and gladness expressed in the previous ver...
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....
OLBHeb;OLBGrk; MY SOUL; that is, me: the soul is put for the person, as ROMANS 13:1, _Let every soul be subject; _ and sometimes for a dead body, as LEVITICUS 19:28 NUMBERS 5:2, and in divers other pl...
Acts 2:27 For G3754 will G1459 not G3756 leave G1459 (G5692) my G3450 soul G5590 in G1519 Hades...
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...
“For David says concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face. For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh...
_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 2:27. BECAUSE THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL. This was the Redeemer's sure confidence during the days of His earthly life. It may, if we will, be _ours_ too; for after a little while the joy...
IN HADES (εις Hαιδην). Hades is the unseen world, Hebrew Sheol, but here it is viewed as death itself "considered as a rapacious destroyer" (Hackett). It does not mean the place of punishment, thoug...
HELL Hades. (_ See Scofield) - (Luke 16:23). _...
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 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 2:14. _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...
FOR DAVID SAID ABOUT HIM. Psalms 16:8-11. The spirit, not the exact words, is quoted. IN THE WORLD OF THE DEAD. He would not remain in the grasp of death. David did not say this about himself, but spo...
_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...
_For David speaketh concerning Him._ A PROPHETIC PANORAMA OF THE LIFE OF JESUS These words of David show Jesus-- I. In His relation to the Father. 1. He had a constant recollection of God. “I saw...
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 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Corinthians 15:55; 1 John 2:20; Acts 3:14;...
Leave [ε γ κ α τ α λ ε ι ψ ε ι ς]. Lit., leave behind. Suffer [δ ω σ ε ι ς]. Lit., give....
Thou wilt not leave my soul in hades — The invisible world. But it does not appear, that ever our Lord went into hell. His soul, when it was separated from the body, did not go thither, but to paradis...